[PLUG] The list needs moderation...
Paul Johnson
baloo at ursine.ca
Sat Nov 29 17:23:02 UTC 2003
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On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 02:05:05PM -0800, Jeme A Brelin wrote:
>
> On Sat, 29 Nov 2003, Michael C. Robinson wrote:
> > Kill filing does not offer any way to make amends nor any way to say,
> > "hey any out there listening to Jeme, I don't agree with his off topic
> > post showing up on here."
>
> I personally agree that kill-filing is more harmful than any other way of
> dealing with problems. It's burying your head in the sand.
So I'm burying my head in the sand if I don't turn on KOIN when CSI is
on, because I don't like CSI? That's about what your saying amounts
to.
> Mostly, it's arrogance and overkill. You are assuming that this person
> you've blocked can never have anything useful to present to you.
You're falsely assuming you can't filter out people speaking about a
particular subject, which you can also killfile.
> And you are destroying your own ability to benefit from even the
> posts that you don't automatically find offensive.
Minor price to pay when it avoids the stress you're going through to
argue this point this far.
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.''`. Paul Johnson <baloo at ursine.ca>
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