22 Aug
2001
22 Aug
'01
10:22 p.m.
At 03:55 PM 8/22/01 -0700, Sellam Ismail wrote:
On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, John Foust wrote:
I think that's the whole point here. You and I could
be First Amendment absolutists, but it still means we could
appreciate the benefits of a moderated list. Next thing
you know, you'll be asking everyone to be civil and just
get along. If someone asks for a certain level of polite
behavior from others yet doesn't exhibit it themselves,
it invites accusations of hypocrisy.
- John
At 09:42 AM 8/22/01 -0600, Richard Erlacher
wrote:
Just what is "foul" language? How can any spoken utterance be
"foul"?
That whole concept strikes me as being truly foul. While that won't get 'em all, it will
remove the foul language characteristic of
at least some of the rants, which tend to start the emotion-driven OT threads.
Yeah, but does that filter out the messages where the moderator
is doing the swearing or insulting? :-)