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, regardless of any benign intent.
All the loons come out to play because there are no real negative consequences for being a loon.
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.
And filtering does not do anything besides bury one's head in the sand.
I see killfiling as more of a simple noise suppressor, akin to the muffs you wear when shooting. If Nomen has nothing useful to say, then the [individually chosen] loss of his/her input is not "hiding", as your head-in-the-sand metaphor would suggest.
I have an solution... (no, it's not AP). :'D
Mattd will be *very* disappointed <grin>.
I promise, when I get my new business going and have the time/money to devote to it, I will offer Cypherpunks a real solution.
2.5% sodium hypochlorite?
(Anybody who has time/money and wants to discuss it now, please contact me offline.)
We now return you to the freak show, already in progress.
S a n d y
-- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... --------------------------------------------------------------------