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Earlier DONATTO@GATE.NET  said this to ALL  about Re: Important:


D>Ron, I would suggest that an attempt at an unmoderated forum would be
D>worth the time (extra for you, less wait for us) and effort.  What
D>could  possibly go wrong???

D>Darrel Donatto
D>donatto@gate.net


Darrel,

Well, I am willing to unmoderate the list and it WILL save me a lot of personal
 time
if I do.  However, you really do not want to know the answer to your last
 question
about what possible could happen.

The good users of this network are not aware of the incredible influx of
anti-masonic or Mason-bashing posts that already come into the net daily.  The
fact is, there is far more of those posts than the legitimate ones you see here
 now.
In moderating I filter them out.  I do not filter out honest questions however.
 if
someone says, "My minister says you all pray to Satan-is this true?"  I leave it
 on
the net for everyone to answer.  This poster seems to want the truth, I
 likewise,
want them to hear the truth.  However, I filter out about a dozen posts a day
 from
people who do not want answer to anything.  They leave rediculous nonsense
about Masons being part of the Illuminati and trying to take over the world.
 Yes,
even accusations of satan worship.  I simply delete these posts and I am the
 only
one here who has to be bothered with the ignorance.

Now, like I said, I can have it fixed so that there is no moderation, but we are
opening up a fine communications tool to riff-raff who want to disrupt it and
 simply
cause trouble.  I had sort of hoped the net could be kept free of the nonsense
 so
honest non-masons wanting honest answers from rational people could get them
while Masons were able to discuss serious topics without either party mentioned
having to waste their time with Mason-bashing nonsense.  However, this is as
much your net as mine.  So far, I have recieved a couple of votes to go
unmoderated and no votes to remain moderated.  I will give it about 3 weeks in
order to be fair to the users in remote areas who may receive the net later than
others.  They should be afforded the opportunity to speak their votes as well.

Ron Boutwell
Indianapolis, Indiana


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