Re: Retribution Time

2001-10-22 Thread Eric Murray
On Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 09:15:37AM -0700, Sandy Sandfort wrote: > Hear, hear. > > This sort of crap is the inevitable outcome of an unmoderated list. All the > loons come out to play because there are no real negative consequences for > being a loon. And filtering does not do anything besides b

Re: Retribution Time

2001-10-22 Thread Steve Furlong
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Wrong. Nomen has long since placed him/herself into the position of not > being taken seriously. Having groups of people who choose to turn a deaf > ear is a pretty real negative consequence, IMHO. There are several Nomens. Some are blithering imbeciles who have some

RE: Retribution Time

2001-10-21 Thread Sandy Sandfort
J.A. Terranson wrote: > And the inevitable outcome of a _moderated_ > list is that free expression (loon-like or > not) is sacrificed. Nonsense. You don't understand the marketplace of ideas. Free expression is "sacrificed" only if other outlet for expression are silenced. I cannot and would

Re: CDR: RE: Retribution Time

2001-10-21 Thread measl
On Sat, 20 Oct 2001, Sandy Sandfort wrote: > Hear, hear. > > This sort of crap is the inevitable outcome of an unmoderated list. And the inevitable outcome of a _moderated_ list is that free expression (loon-like or not) is sacrificed. No thanks. Censorship. er, "moderation" is bad, regar

RE: Retribution Time

2001-10-20 Thread Sandy Sandfort
s. S a n d y > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Jon Beets > Sent: 20 October, 2001 08:03 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Retribution Time > > > Ooookay.. > > The really sad part is you either think your

Re: Retribution Time

2001-10-20 Thread Jon Beets
Ooookay.. The really sad part is you either think your really cool typing this crap or you lack any real social skills... Probably both Jon Beets - Original Message - From: "Nomen Nescio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 9:30 PM Subject