Author: stuart taylor
Date: 09:04:51 01/25/00
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On January 25, 2000 at 11:39:20, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>On January 25, 2000 at 11:23:22, stuart taylor wrote:
>
>>On January 25, 2000 at 10:14:55, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>>
>>>Let's say somebody comes in here and makes 8,000 posts (in one sitting)
>>>consisting of Nazi propoganda and advertisements for X-rated sites. Also, just
>>>for good measure, this hypothetical person might reply to every thread, saying
>>>it's the stupidest thing ever and that the poster is an idiot (or worse).
>>>
>>>Instead of immediately banning this person, who obviously has no value to CCC
>>>and probably very little value in the real world, you would prefer some long and
>>>drawn out voting procedure?
>>>
>>>You have to have some faith in the moderators that you elect. Some faith that
>>>they won't run around deleting posts they simply don't like and banning people
>>>for political reasons...
>>>
>>>-Tom
>>
>>
>>To Tom,
>> Do you think my posting Re "Banning like death penalty" is the right way?
>>According to those guidlines, the above case would certainly be taken through
>>that proceedure for a combination of-insulting, vulgarity (or promoting it),
>>and extremely off topic. Maybe, if you mean that I'm wrong about vulgarity,
>>It is the very least-the first and the third.
>> It should also be clear that the moderators are not at all interested in
>>whether or not they're outsmarted. O.K. maybe you can't delete someone
>>because of his love of Nazi'ism, but you don't need to let him get away with
>>other things at the same time-just because he is a nazi. I mean he isn't
>>BETTER than someone else.(Although I would still say that a person who
>>keeps speaking about his religion[in a non offensive way] should be treated
>>with more care atleast 5% more care than with a nazi.)
>> Regards!
>> Stuart Taylor.
>
>I think I agree with most of what you're saying. (There's a lot of it. :)
>
>Moderators are here for a reason: to keep this board from turning into RGCC. The
>moderators can't be perfect, but they're elected, so it's not likely that a
>moderator is an idiot with bad judgement. I think if people have a big problem
>with deleted posts and banned members, they should migrate to RGCC.
>
>-Tom
Exactly!-That would be acheived quite efficiently the way I wrote here and
a little below. I was making it easier(I thought) for the moderators, and
more humane and beyond reproach at the same time. I must admit however,that
I'm not yet familliar with RGCC. But I can well imagine!!
Regards!
S.Taylor
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