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Re: Terms and Conditions Question
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lugnet.admin.general
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Tue, 4 May 1999 16:05:53 GMT
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lpien@ctp.IWANTNOSPAM.!nospam!com
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Ed Jones wrote:
> I think "abusive, ... defamatory, ... profane, or indecent" covers it very
> well without bringing direct attention to "Racist" or "Sexist". I fully
> understand the intent, but I would be astonished to find discriminatory
> postings around here. Even on RTL, that lucious newsgroup of auctions, spam
> and flame wars, I was never abused because of my sexual orientation. Far from
> it.
We have plenty of other reasons to abuse you, no need to worry on that
score. :-)
Seriously, I think more general statements are better. In line with my
Libertarian philosophy, I tend not to favor specific prohibitions of
things that common law already addresses, and I think the same principle
applies here.
Specific prohibitions allow loopholes and sea lawyering. Todd should
make the intent clear that civi discussion, free of defamation and
inflammatory rhetoric is desired, and that membership here (although not
censoring of individual appends) rides on adherence to civility, at the
sole discretion of the proprietor. Invite offline questions, or even
discussion of appropriate behaviour in this venue. if you like.
I believe that is already the case and no changes are needed.
--
Larry Pieniazek http://my.voyager.net/lar
FDIC Know your Customer is wounded, thanks to you, but not dead...
See http://www.defendyourprivacy.com for details
For me: No voyager e-mail please. All snail-mail to Ada, please.
- Posting Binaries to RTL causes flamage... Don't do it, please.
- Stick to the facts when posting about others, please.
- This is a family newsgroup, thanks.
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| (...) [snip] (...) [snip] (...) I think "abusive, ... defamatory, ... profane, or indecent" covers it very well without bringing direct attention to "Racist" or "Sexist". I fully understand the intent, but I would be astonished to find (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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