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Subject: Re: Election of Moderators

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 03:28:16 12/14/98

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On December 12, 1998 at 19:04:07, Detlef Pordzik wrote:


>There were times, long gone, - where people took a criticism against " their "
>product as a personal attack.
>These were the days of the board computers, where one could easily spend 1.800
>US Dollars on a purchase - bought as trusted / believed / wished.....updates ?
>Questionable.....
>so, one COULD have undestood the intention of such an owner, who felt personally
>affected - that this, his beloved - and expensive tresure case might not be as
>good as......
>when I look back into my archives, the postings - LETTERS ( ! ) at that time
>were of quite high quality - not just personal, ridiculous attacks, nope - the
>" affected " tried to give proof of his " darling's " quality by games
>( analyzed !! ) - test positions + so on.
>So, this was....
>today we reached a stadium, where we need Moderators - for people who react as
>if they're out of the gutter, just because they don't get the applause they
>recommend for their opinions.
>To make it as cheap as possible :
>I, myself, like the CM alot - as everyboby knows, and I like Marty's MCP + Ed's
>releases.
>Sometimes I'm really happy, when I - or in cooperation with comrades like
>Harald, - find new settings or such.
>So one wants to share this with the comrades - here.
>Result ( suggested ) : personal attacks..........
>what's this, we're discussing about ? Easy to detect - we're all grown up's - so
>-
>everybody should - must know, how to behave. Not a chance to get through with
>such an often herein seen behaviour in real life - so, why in CCC - becuase it's
>" just usenet " , eh ?
>Instead of blocking this, and I mean it, there seems to be a debate, if an
>attack is not that harsh, not that ugly, better please by private......
>this is ridiculous to me.
>If a someone doesn't behave as expected - for me the show for this gent should
>be over - for good.
>This for the CM + other " heatened " postings.
>A thread like " Mr. Takata - a weak master " - or however - is insane !
>Besides the fact, that a master is a master and got a fine reputation - prooved,
>BTW - how come anybody can dare to set up this here and the folks discuss to
>remove such an evil thing.......or not ?
>There have been comebacks of gents recently - where I can just shake my head -
>I'm just a user - but we got a spoken word, here in Germany :
>" You're gonna get exactly them ghots, you're shoutin' for "
>
>ELVIS

I wouldn't have found better words; absolutely correct.



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