Author: Robert Henry Durrett
Date: 13:04:54 09/06/98
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On September 06, 1998 at 15:11:40, mick adams wrote: >On September 05, 1998 at 22:58:44, Robert Henry Durrett wrote: > >>On September 05, 1998 at 03:19:38, Bruce Moreland wrote: >> >><snip> >> >>>Go over to r.g.c.c. and read Sean's stuff, Larry, and you tell me if this group >>>could use another dose of Sean Evans. >> >>Right now, it seems that r.g.c.c. is the place where chess computer people go to >>vent their feelings. I guess we need a place like that, or we will all go crazy >>[???]. A pity it has to be there, but it apparently needs to be somewhere. I >>guess. >> >>I really hate it when I get up in the morning, download the new bulletins on >>r.g.c.c., r.g.c.a, and r.g.c.m., am delighted to find fifty or more unread > > >What you say above,is nonsense,if you wish to censor your computer,feel >free,censoring individuals,for whatever reason,who freely submit to internet >communication,is something else.Censoring implies we are not mature enough to >make our own minds up,and that sucks,in my view. Micky. > > Well, I guess I am a bit confused by that. To me, censorship means refusing to let someone else read something. [I do not do that.] But mere refusal to read what someone else has written is not what I would call censorship. For example, I refuse to read SPAM, but I do not try to keep anybody else from reading it. On the other hand, the CCC moderators do have a responsibility to control what appears on this bulletin board. Their charter is well defined. They should do their job, it seems to me. Job descriptions can always be changed later if necessary. Keeping the bulletin board free of material that most of the CCC membership does not want to see here seems fair enough to me. After all, this is a privately owned bulletin board and not a public bulletin board. The right of free speech applies in a public place but not in private places. Am I right about this? Incidentally, I am not sure what prompted your remark. What did I say???? Do you feel that I am somehow obligated to read everything? To me, the moderators are my agents. They help me to keep objectionable material off of this private bulletin board. Thanks, moderators, for doing your job! As long as they stick to the charter approved by the majority, then I am happy. Very happy! > > > > >>messages there, and then notice that most of them are marked as "filtered." >> > >[i.e. in blue on my computer.] Before I read any messages, I use control-Q to >>"mark as read" all those which I do not care to read. Typically, there are no >>more than 5 or 6 remaining for me to read. [I only display unread messages.] >>Often, I get rid of all but one or two! What a letdown! >> >>I do not know the history on the particular individual you are discussing, but >>his messages are "blue" on my screen and hence do not get read. >> >>But, sadly, he is not the only one! Really sad!!!! >> >>It is refreshing to come to CCC and see people genuinely interested in computer >>chess and talking about it in a friendly manner.
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