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Please stop cross-posting to chi.internet....

liberator wrote in message <7vfe48$6l1$1@Nntp1.mcs.net>...
>liberator.net wrote:
>>You are not responding to the points, as usual.  Who monitors the sysops?
>Why aren't the sysops required to get screened?  Is the public aware that
>CompuServe allows TOTAL STRANGERS to safeguard their children?  CompuServe
>dropped the ball on this one.<
>
>Dave responded:
><<At least all CS sysops are *accountable* with names and addresses
>available to CS.>>
>
>But if CompuServe doesn't run a background check on these people and their
>names to even verify the identities, these people who "safeguard"
youngsters
>can easily be childmolestors.  Recording fake names is absolutely no
measure
>for protecting CompuServe children.  Admit it.
>
>My point is that there is no area on the Internet that is more safe than
any
>other, as far as protecting children goes.  This is a no-brainer Dave.
>CompuServe can pretend all it likes but it isn't anymore family orientated
>than any other service.  Admit it.
>
>Liberator wrote:
>>Usually, volunteers are not allowed to perform critical/sensitive
>functions.  However, CompuServe lets STRANGERS monitor children.  That's a
>BIG problem.<
>
>Dave responds:
><<All moderated newsgroups (whioch you seem to claim are as good as CS
>forums) rely on *volunteers.* Period. No one is in charge over them.>>
>
>That's my point Dave; CompuServe isn't providing better child-safety
>measures, although it creates the ILLUSION that it does.
>
><<There have been zero cases where a CS sysop in any of my areas has been a
>problem at all...>>
>
>CompuServe, owned by AOL, has deep pockets.  Can you say, 'out-of-court
>settlements'?
>
><<They are not "STRANGERS" ...>>
>
>These STRANGERS provide personal information.  Is the information checked
by
>CompuServe?
>
><<This has absolutely nothing to do with your claim that, as a sysop, I
must
>have a CompuServe "supervisor.">>
>
>Dave, volunteers who provide critical services, such as handle child-safety
>measures, need to be screened by CompuServe and be supervised, else these
>STRANGERS can be doing who knows what with children on the Internet!
>CompuServe dropped the ball on another issue.
>
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