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Re: Who oversees the rec.toys.LEGO newsgroup?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 23 Jan 2000 17:13:47 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes:
> Todd Lehman writes:
> > The reason is simple: The excessive gutter language and flamewars in RTL
> > is what drove many good people away (in frustration, horror, disbelief,
> > etc.) during 1994-1998. I could name at least ten who specifically left
> > at various times as a result of uncivilities amplified by unnecessary
> > obsceneties.
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> So, you essentially allowed these people to become the de facto arbiters of
> what kind of speech was and was not allowed on Lugnet...is this right?
No. These people and many others were visible indicators of a serious
problem facing the community of AFOLs. Frank and others aready explained
this quite well elsewhere in this thread, so there's not much I can add,
and I don't want to get into a big argument over it.
> So all of us monitor our speech for the sake of a known minority, and not
> you yourself? A minority that always had the ability to just not read a
> certain poster's offerings? A minority that still has this same ability?
The minority IMHO is actually the set of people who can put up with needless
obscenities and flamewars over a long period of time, not the people who
find it distasteful or completely unnecessary. At any rate, making it into
a minority/majority issue isn't fruitful; we're talking basic common decency
and public behavior here, not liberal interpretations of free speech rights.
Anyone who feels their rights are severely restricted by being asked not to
use obsceneties here is advised to discontinue using this service. There is
always RTL or other private services for habitual potty mouths.
> Man, that's bad...calling it "silly" was the least offensive word choice
> that came to mind. But I'll spare you the indignity of having to read all
> these words you already know anyway.
Gee, thanks!
--Todd
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| (...) Terms like "bad taste" are extremely subjective, and to my mind have no real meaning although I understand the gist of what you are saying -- really its more of a simple put down than anything else. And by "ignorance" I thought the original (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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