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Subject: 
Re: It is time to ban JAL.
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Date: 
Mon, 6 Aug 2001 17:10:35 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Eric Joslin writes:
In lugnet.admin.general, James Brown writes:

Just a note here - Frequently, mild obscenity is let slide by because
whenever someone calls the abuser on it, it pretty much invariably turns
into a huge fight.  Slippery slope?  Yup.  Ethically lax of me (and others)
to let it slide?  You betcha.  Worth the fight? Nope.

However, there is a distinct difference in degree between saying "that's a
dumb --- thing to do" and what Jesse posted.

No, there isn't.  Both have exactly the same effect- obsceneties in a Lugnet
post, violating the ToS.

Like I said, I understand that (and understand why) Jessie is unpopular, but
banning him from Lugnet for something that other people have done and not been
banned for is hypocritical to the point of being offensive.

If Jessie is to be banned, then I would expect a similar treatment to be
extended to:

<snip list, including me>

OK.

Whew!  There's more than I thought there would be, and I'm getting tired of
cutting and pasting. You can find plenty more by just doing a simple search on
"naughty words" in
Lugnet's search engine.  In the interest of full disclosure, my name came up
once too:
http://news.lugnet.com/admin/general/?n=8069

But given your talk above about it being "ethically lax" of you to "let it
slide" when someone posts, I was shocked to find that you are one of Lugnet's
biggest pottymouths.  I find your habitual commisions of the same ToS
violation to be FAR MORE offensive than Jessie's.

OK.  I was completely unaware that the term I habitually use was considered
offensive.  Now that I've been made aware, I'm voluntarily banning myself.

James



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  Re: It is time to ban JAL.
 
(...) As it turns out, I've just received word that JAL *has* been banned. You can consider me to be "voluntarily banning" myself as well until this is changed, although I would consider it to be more of a "this is ridiculous and I'll have no part (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: It is time to ban JAL.
 
(...) No, there isn't. Both have exactly the same effect- obsceneties in a Lugnet post, violating the ToS. Like I said, I understand that (and understand why) Jessie is unpopular, but banning him from Lugnet for something that other people have done (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)

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