Author: Hermano Ecuadoriano
Date: 05:29:40 03/28/01
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I'm posting this here because it is relevant to the election. I'm posting it now because this is the time for preemptive complaints. I permit myself to post it here because the person who started the thread properly included the word [Moderation]. The issue being whether or not political ranting should be permitted, on March 23, 2001 at 14:43:02, one of the moderator candidates wrote, in another thread: snip >I see nothing offensive in it. >It may be against your own ideas, (and mine, for that matter), but it is not >offensive in a general sense. It is rather biased, but everyone should be >entitled to his/her own opinion. snip I think the above demonstrates a lack of understanding, and that the failure of the principle that it implies, in practice, can be observed in other discussion groups. Being "entitled" to hold an opinion does not equal being "entitled" to post it here. Thus, to begin with, the reply begs the question. I asked him (in effect) whether or not it is his opinion that we have an "entitlement" to rant about politics, religion, sexuality, race, etc., [begin italics] in this discussion group [end italics]. Since he is a moderator candidate, I think he should answer. The answer must be no of course. The reasons are objective in that the consequences can be observed in other discussion groups. And THAT is why the post in question should have been deleted. I'm not just picking on him: this seems very obvious to me, and it is terrifying that so many intelligent and thoughtful people can't understand it, as though they had never thought about it.
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