"Tom Sherman" <sunsetss0003@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:fp6lr5$j96$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Jon Bendtsen wrote:
>> Harry Brogan wrote:
>>> Myself and a couple of other folks have started a YAHOO re***bent
>>> group. I thought I would post the link and see if anyone else would
>>> be interested in checking ot out.
>>>
>>> This is a MODERATED group and spamming, flaming, and uneeded comments
>>> will NOT BE TOLERATED. (((ATTN: YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE)))
>>
>> Why not just make this group moderated?
>>
> rec.bicycles.off-road went from an open forum to a moderated newsgroup,
in
> an attempt to ban a certain poster (with the initials MV) The
moderators
> had higher priorities in life that reviewing posts, so it ended up
taking
> longer and longer for legitimate posts to appear. However, the spam
posts
> come through just fine. See
> <http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.off-road/topics?hl=en>
for
> how successful the group has become.
The MV above is a reference to the Great Mike Vandeman of RBS - the
scourge
of mountain bikers. He is not only a scholar, but a genius on my level.
> What little is left of value in alt.rec.bicycles.re***bent would
disappear
> with moderation.
>
> There is a moderated forum for re***bent topics, but it is a dull place,
> with a self-congratulatory clique and the nanny moderators sucking the
> life out. Some fates are worse than the death of a forum.
The above message by Tom Sherman is the reason why I can never ignore him.
When he is wise, he is as wise as Ed Dolan the Great Himself.
Most folks would probably be happier on a moderated forum, They do not
mind
being censored. It is the natural condition of most men to defer to their
betters. But then there are types like Tom Sherman and Ed Dolan who think
we
do not have any betters and if there is any censoring to be done, then by
God we will be the ones to do it.
It is up to each of us to determine whom we most resemble - men or mice.
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
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