Author: Roger
Date: 22:10:06 02/07/00
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On February 07, 2000 at 17:07:13, Dann Corbit wrote: >On February 07, 2000 at 16:28:31, James B. Shearer wrote: > >>On February 07, 2000 at 15:30:51, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>Banning people and not accounts is harder than it seems. >>>Imagine that someone makes a new account named "Quimby." Quimby starts posting >>>stuff that makes you suspect it is someone banned. How do you know? If Quimby >>>does not really cross the line, how can we remove them? >> >> Remove them on reasonable suspicion. If you are feeling generous give >>them a chance to prove to your satisfaction that they are someone else. Are you >>claiming there is reasonable doubt about the real identity of "jonathon smith"? > >I think we need to be very, very careful about being judge, jury and executioner >based on suspicion, no matter how strong. This one seems obvious. How about >some other cases? Not always so easy. Sometimes, they take a while to act out >the starring role rather than a somewhat calmer pseudo-nym. > >There are ways to identify them besides guessing. It is not always clear what >to do about someone who joins back under another alias. What if they should >always behave themselves as model citizens, even though we know who they are? > >I think that they should still be suspended until it is lifted officially by >CCC, but not everyone may have the same viewpoint. And there clearly are two >sides to an issue such as this. My viewpoints are often wrong. > >I don't think there is any question about the identity of js. You've been a great moderator, Dann...I admire your wit and your sense of fairness, and that of Bruce and KarinsDad as well. You and I may disagree on the issue of who should be able to ban, but I agree with you wholeheartedly that the aliases of those who are suspended should be suspended. You've heard the old saying that if you let someone break a rule, the rule gets weaker. The rule became weak where ChrisW was concerned. Roger
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