Rick, Jon, Wim, Rog and anyone else who is interested.
Struan has been asked on numerous occasions to refrain from being excessively
abusive towards other members of this forum and has refused. He has also refused to
be bound by the rules of this forum. After repeated attempts to try and get Struan to
behave reasonably he was unsubscribed and asked not to re-subscribe or attempt to
post to the list. This is entirely in accordance with the Charter and Rules of the list.
The list is not moderated for content but I do have some filters switched on. One of
these is to filter the size of posts. Normally no problem but sometimes a post may be
delayed because it exceeds a size limit - more often than not because that person has
disregarded one (or all) of rules 4, 6 or 7.
RICK:
Of course the moderator has a job to do here. I can see the value in
screening out complete irrelevancies and pointless obscenities.
On 26 Jan 2001 at 19:10, Struan wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I have this horrible image of Horse masturbating as he unsubscribes me -
> uuggh!!
>
> Struan
Obscene enough for you? High intellectual content there eh! Very relevant to any
discussion. Rick I have neither the time nor inclination to vet posts for their suitability.
It's a lot more practical to remove the source of the problem.
RICK:
But silencing a dissenter? That sort of content-based regulation of our
intellectual marketplace is LOW-Quality and is inexcusable.
I'm not silencing him. He or you or anyone else is at liberty to start another mailing list
and say whatever you wish to say. Alternatively you can communicate privately with
anyone you wish to. I wouldn't want to stop you. Get a group together and knock
yourselves out. In general I'm extremely liberal with the interpretation of the list rules but
there is a line and Struan crossed it.
Additionally, there are other dissenters who contribute to the list and behave very
reasonably most of the time. I don't try and silence them for dissenting nor would I.
RICK:
(And a salute to Rog for piggy-backing Struan in. Guerilla warfare... I love it.)
Really? Until of course it affects you or what you are trying to achieve.
Jonathan, for your information, in addition to Struan there is one other person that I
have removed from the list and who will not be accepted back. Killerblade. I don't accept
that forging another's name (3WD) or unsubscribing them by the same method is
acceptable - I know, I'm just so unreasonable.
And that's really all I have to say on the matter.
Now where did I put my Jackboots and whip?
Horse
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