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Re: Why these news groups were created
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Tue, 21 Sep 2004 02:47:33 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, Todd Lehman wrote:
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Peace to all, and may we all continue to love and grow.
--Todd
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By taking the premise of this site and adding specific adult themed groups,
you’ve opened the door for what so many parents cringe about the internet. Now,
thanks to this unilateral decision, we can look forward to people looking up
“single lesbian bi” and coming up with “lugnet.com” as a result.
If people want equality and neutrality, then they cannot have publically defined
labels. Although, I do agree there should be some “teen” vs. “adult”
declaration, I do not see why we need to have Lesbian/Gay/Bi/Transgender within
a domain themed around LEGO and Duplo.
Suggesting people adjust filter settings is rediculous... by default, any such
“adult oriented” topics should automatically be filtered.
Why isn’t there a .people.straight, people.deviants? Will you post
.people.fetish.beastiality? How about .people.fetish.necrophilia? Why not? The
argument is that the subgroups should be allowed, right? Why not those? By not
including them, you’re discriminating. How about .people.ticked-off? How about
.people.losers or .people.winners?
Regardless, I’ll still use Lugnet (until it turns into a porn grounds or dating
site)--because I am an adult--but LUGNET has no right in potentially subjecting
my kids to adult sexual orientation newsgroups. Furthermore, I SHOULD NOT HAVE
to tell my kids “stay away from such-n-such newsgroup”, nor need to explain to
them what it has to do with Bionicle sets.
And no (before I get flamed), I could care less about someone’s sexual
orientation, race, creed, etc. What I do care about is explaining to my
children that “Lugnet is off-limits” and saying “because I said so” if I catch
my network logs showing the adult-sexual-themed newsgroup headings.
The irony is that subgroups want to be treated like everyone else... yet they
can’t live without labeling themselves and saying how unfair it is if they can’t
be labeled. Talk about insecurity...
Rob
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| (...) That hasn't happened. (...) And? (...) He said the Transition Team debated it. Isn't Tim a part of that group? (...) (URL) That could happen anyway.> (...) There are no adult-oriented newsgroups on LUGNET. (...) Probably because those won't (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, FTX)
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| | Why these news groups were created
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| Long ago, when lugnet.people was created, the idea of subgroups was entertained. Possible subgroups envisioned at the time included Kids, Teens, Parents, and NSLOs. At the time, LUGNET was still small, and it was felt that creating these subgroups (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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