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From: kraut@ut-emx.UUCP (Werner Uhrig)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc,misc.headlines,news.admin
Subject: Re: Fascism Lives (Courtesy and counterproductive lack of it)
Message-ID: <1048@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 2 Mar 88 07:05:44 GMT
References: <68@rolls.UUCP> <3365@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU>
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In article <3365@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU>, lazarus@athena.mit.edu (Michael Friedman) writes:
> In article <68@rolls.UUCP> news@rolls.UUCP (The Nutter) writes:
> >As a netnews administrator here and on terminus, I never suspected
> >that I would ever compile as a fascist.  Lately, though, postings by
> >a user "scrooge" from this site have forced me to do so.
 
> >Based on some of the replies to his article, I'd suggest that some news
> >administrators extend the same courtesy to other users...
 
> It is, of course, your site, and you have the right to do what you
> want with it. Scrooge is also something of an asshole.

I see no excuse for anyone getting down to name-calling of this sort, Michael.
 
> Despite this I do not think it is appropriate to stop him from
> posting... after all, no one has stopped Jeff Bigelow.

Huh?  what kind of an argument is that?  who is this "Jeff Bigelow", anyway?
(not that I care for an answer, really)

> Your actions seems to have been taken to protect us. I would suggest
> that such actions should not be taken unless a substantial proportion
> of the readers of this newsgroup request it.

That really is the suggestion of the century; I can just see all the votes
flying back and forth.  On the basis of the name-calling and this useless
proposal alone, Michael is a candidate for the kill-file he was suggesting
to use on others.
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