Author: Albert Silver
Date: 07:29:18 03/28/01
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On March 28, 2001 at 08:29:40, Hermano Ecuadoriano wrote:
>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.
It wasn't nearly so simple. The post you are complaining about was a direct
answer to a previous post, and was not an idle rant on politics, religion, or
whatnot. Certainly it was an extreme view but it was quite clearly on-topic as
far as I could see. As I recall, he merely (in his own manner I agree) explained
his point of view on why he was so dead set against a certain announced
decision. I wouldn't have deleted it.
Albert
>
>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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