Time to de-lurk...

sender: hfinney@shell.portal.com

I would favor adding a filter preventing Detweiler's messages from appearing on the list.

I disagree. I think the correct response is to just completely ignore him. This apparently worked on rec.pets.cats, when people posted truly nasty stories about cats; they kept it up until the list learned to just completely ignore them, and then they went away. Detweiler will eventually(!) do likewise. I urge that the spirit exemplified by CPunks not be sullied by censorship, in spite of the threat posed by LD. It is indeed an ugly precedent, antithetical to what I believe the list believes in. It might help newbies if a discussion of the LD issue be mentioned in a FAQ list (is there one?), or otherwise maybe a message indicating the known hazard of LD should be sent to the list every two weeks saying that the consensus is to just ignore posts from either L. Detweiler or an12070@anon.penet.fi. -- O_O 01234567 dave_taffs@mentorg.com "Carpe carp!" | . . ^ I don't necessarily share MGC's views. | (_:_) Indent-o-Meter Better living thru tab damage... |