On Sun, 7 May 2006 08:58:34 -0400, Dee Flint wrote:
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: "Jim Hampton" wrote in message
: ...
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: [snip]
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: I did set up my controls and sent a number of folks to the trash bin.
: Unfortunately, almost nothing was left. There is little discussion around
: these parts about amateur radio policy.
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: Perhaps I am missing something here, but I suspect that when the number of
: flames reaches a certain level, serious folks simply leave the newsgroup.
:
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: That's pretty much true. Some of us though are waiting around for the
: flamers to finally get tired.

It's a little early to be positive, but it appears that you are
getting your wish. For the past 10 days, the flaming has died down
considerably. I now only see a handful of posts killed as my
newsreader opens this newsgroup. Two weeks ago, 50 or 60 posts would
be nuked each day, and almost nothing would be left behind.

: As to control freaks, I prefer that folks drive on the right side of the
: road here in the U.S. Some rules appear necessary to protect the majority
: of users.
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: Where safety is involved, yes we need such rules. But a bunch of junk news
: postings are only an annoyance not a safety issue.

Moderation (censorship) replaces one problem with another. If some
people think that moderation is a good idea, then they should have the
common courtesy to let the newsgroup users make a choice between this
newsgroup and a new, moderated group. Only the users can decide which
option is best for them.

Attempting to "take over" the current group in order to force
moderation on its regular users is not only unlikely to work (too many
news servers will not respond to the control message), it is also
arrogant. The person proposing the moderation is not even a regular
here any longer. According to Google's profile, he has made a grand
total of four posts to amateur radio news groups for the entire year
of 2006!

*spit*