ENOUGH!!! (was Re: Privacy from whom?)

[David Gaskill]

On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 22:32:58 +0100 (BST), Paul Ratcliffe wrote:

>
>On Wed, 9 Aug 2000 13:40:19 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
>
>>    Well, it is time for me to reiterate the one rule on /this/ list.
>>
>>    Don't moderate.
>>
>>    There are no moderators here, ok?  None.  This list is hosted by 
>>me, run by me and administrated by me.  I have made the choice 
>>that there will be no moderation of the list.
>
>Well you have just moderated, so this sounds rather like hypocrisy. If 
>'anything goes' is the policy on this list, then why not a few 
>complaints? You can't have it both ways.

Sorry, I don't see where Steve has moderated. Please could you clarify?

>>    Threads eventually die out.  There hasn't been a single thread in 
>>the history of this list during its time on my server that has gone on 
>>for more than 2-3 weeks.

>Duration is not an issue. 

I would have thought that it was. The discussion about whether 
everybody should encrypt everything all the time had nothing to do with 
PMMail, was very entertaining while it lasted but, as Steve pointed out, 
like all the others it expired at the end of it's natural life. 

>It's the several hundred messages of garbage 
>that are, and God knows there is enough of it out there, without having 
>to suffer it here as well.

One man's garbage is another man's wisdom - many of the inhabitants 
of this mailing list seem to me to be articulate and intelligent even though 
they cling to OS/2 and encrypt their e-mail.... 

>>    So, again, don't try to moderate, don't presume to moderate, don't 
>>even think about it.
>
>You're the thought police as well now eh?

I don't see Steve trying to tell you what to think. He is simply saying that 
as proprietor of the list he will decide whether or not it is to be 
moderated - it is his list and he is therefore entitled to determine the 
rules. Don't see any sign of the thought police in that ...

>>If a thread upsets you, you are more than capable of using the delete
>>button or designing a filter to delete it as it comes in.

>Like I haven't got better things to do? Life's too short.
>The only filter I will use will be either to have this list on my 
>machine or not.

Well of course if you don't find this list enjoyable you would be wasting 
your time subscribing to it. As Steve points out you don't have to read 
everything but if you don't find the small effort involved in sorting the 
wheat from the chaff worthwhile then there is of course no point in 
subscribing. ... 

Now look what you've done; you have started and sustained a thread 
which has nothing to do with PMMail. 

Shame on you, enough is enough ... 

David


David