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Article #252Re: (AUP) Free-Net or Kangaroo Court?
From: bt351
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 00:00
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 00:00
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Wendy Guy (cq915@torfree.net) wrote: : Well, Bruce, there's one pattern I keep seeing though. Anyone you : disagree with, you attempt to call them on what you see as inappropriate : content. But you have, I believe, not applied this "speaking directly and : at times forcefully" equally to all. I have seen others' contents being : much more offensive, hostile and instigative than those whose posts : you've challenged. there is a difference between content and language. : You have posted some thoughtful articles about this subject. But I must : say I question your true attitude or motives when I don't see your : criticism being applied as impartially as you like to present yourself to : be. : And for someone who is apparently against any form of AUP, you certainly : have an awful lot of complaints and criticism of others' posts. and if you will review his posts, at no time is censure suggested. but there is a repeated theme: usenet is a worldwide phenomenon used by millions of people. and there are a (very) few people here at tfn who appear to be advocating this phenomenon adapt to their demands. let me repeat: this is patently absurd. the loudest of the objectors are relative newbies. these are the ones who have to accept news is a phenomenon to itself. the participants determine what is acceptable and what is not. not the wanna be kia mennies. --
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103731,af8b91c1b67e9f45 X-Google-Attributes: gid103731,public X-Google-Thread: 1511e9,af8b91c1b67e9f45 X-Google-Attributes: gid1511e9,public X-Google-Thread: 10aaae,af8b91c1b67e9f45 X-Google-Attributes: gid10aaae,public X-Google-Thread: 10643c,af8b91c1b67e9f45 X-Google-Attributes: gid10643c,public From: bt351@torfree.net (bt351) Subject: Re: (AUP) Free-Net or Kangaroo Court? Date: 1998/07/11 Message-ID: <EvxyJ3.MvF.0.queen@torfree.net> X-Deja-AN: 370532684 References: <359ee5f7.5387101@news.alt.net> <EvMM2B.Izp.0.sheppard@torfree.net> <Evnptr.55s.0.hotlips@GTS.Net> <Evp66o.E8B.0.spadina@torfree.net> <EvpGnv.824.0.hotlips@GTS.Net> <EvxB93.BAB.0.spadina@torfree.net> Organization: Toronto Free-Net Newsgroups: torfree.general,torfree.policy,tor.general,can.infohighway