Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 11:05:03 06/13/03
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On June 13, 2003 at 13:44:46, margolies,marc wrote: >dear mike, > i hope you do not do something so unkind as to send dummy piracy offers. it is >one thing to police ourselves-- it's far more horrible to live in a police >state. And some official authority is sure to belive the dummy is real-- 'that >we are not doing "college research" here. >-marc No, I would not, It's a bad idea. I should not have even suggested it - although my suggestion was not serious. >On June 12, 2003 at 18:46:18, Mike Byrne wrote: > >>On June 12, 2003 at 12:56:00, margolies,marc wrote: >> >>>Michael, >>>Of course I respect your opinion. And in general, a laissez-faire attitude from >>>a censor is a very good thing. >>>This poster is searching for like minded thieves to make connections. He >>>shouldn't do it here. And the acceptablity of his post in this case is not a >>>function of how persons here publicly respond to him. It becomes a function of >>>whether he can get what he wants under the table from posting here and what will >>>certainly follow can affect the legitimite dialogs here and who might chose to >>>post here. >>>Won't you please reconsider this kind of censorship and take prophalaxis? >>>-marc >>> >>> >> >>Marc, >> >>You're either a deeper thinker or more skeptic than I am. I never thought what >>you thought -- and you may be right. In general, I would hope someone with a >>fairly "innocent" looking post would not get a lot of replies from possible >>cheats and thieves. Perhaps we can test this theory some day with a dummy post >>and see what the response is. I have a high opinion of the memebers here as >>being quite honorable. I have an opposite view of some of the r.g.c.c posters. >> >>Best, >> >>Mike
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