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Subject: Re: MODERATION: Banning Gogi Cviak.. yes or no?

Author: Michael Cummings

Date: 03:13:58 01/03/02

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On January 03, 2002 at 04:02:24, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>On January 02, 2002 at 12:04:17, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote:
>
>>On January 02, 2002 at 09:27:50, Ed Panek wrote:
>>
>>>On January 01, 2002 at 17:27:32, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>>
>>>>Opinion:
>>>>Banning is not an act that should be done by vote of the CCC membership.
>>>>
>>>>Will we remove everyone who is unpopular?
>>>
>>>         Even a tempest can be popular. Just look at what entertains most people
>>>and you will see the whole sideshow of humanity. The Marque De Sade was a very
>>>sick individual, yet people loved his books. They even grew to understand him .
>>>
>>>My opinion is that the CCC membership should vote to ban people, but the list of
>>>nominees must be drawn by the Moderators...not the other way around. This would
>>>ensure no witch hunting.
>>
>>The idea of Justice in the hands of a mass of people just scares me.
>>
>>Miguel
>
>I feel the same way.  I trust the long-term wisdom of the majority, but I don't
>trust the majority to do day-to-day stuff without getting swept up into
>emotionalism.  Crowds kill people.

People Don't kill people

Guns kill People.



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