Xref: utzoo news.misc:2075 rec.humor.d:1182 news.groups:6347 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!ukma!rutgers!mcdchg!ddsw1!peggy From: peggy@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Peggy Shambo) Newsgroups: news.misc,rec.humor.d,news.groups Subject: Re: moderator recall (was Re: RACIST JOKES) Message-ID: <2227@ddsw1.MCS.COM> Date: 25 Nov 88 05:41:59 GMT References: <8030@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU. <1058@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu. <666@fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov. <687@optilink.UUCP> <1029@ncar.ucar.edu> Reply-To: peggy@ddsw1.MCS.COM(Peggy Shambo) Organization: Traveller's Aid, Mundelein, IL Lines: 49 In article <1029@ncar.ucar.edu> woods@handies.UCAR.EDU (Greg Woods) writes: >In article msmith@topaz.rutgers.edu (Mark Robert Smith) writes: >>There is a discussion starting in rec.humor.d,news.groups, and >>soc.culture.jewish about the possible recall of Brad as moderator of >>rec.humor.funny. > > I think you guys are all targeting the wrong area here. If you really don't >want to see this kind of thing on the net, try flaming the people who sent >the jokes in to Brad in the first place. If rec.humor.funny goes away (or has >its charter changed, or whatever) these same people will still be posting >the material you find objectionable in rec.humor, which is not moderated. >And they might not even bother to rotate it. It's called attacking the >problem at its source, not at the easiest-to-reach place. > Note that this argument is independent of whether or not I personally >object to the material in question. > Whether or not Brad has caused ethnic slurs to have passed by him, he was in charge of the group... he had a responsibililty to set the ROT13, or to not post the article in the first place. In addition, he is being charged with using his moderated group leader status as a money-making proposition, clearly against net ethics. Do we allow this to continue? Do we sit back and let it just go on? Do we pull together and say "hey.. something just ain't right here, fella"? Do we go out and lynch the guy? I am clearly not in favor of the things Brad has been up to within rec.humor.funny. Does he have a history of this type of thing happening in the past? Are these isolated incidents? (I don't think so, but let's hear about it.. some of you have been around here long than I) So far I have seen a lot of accusations and a lot of rationalizing by Brad re: his actions. Let's have an adult discussion soon. -- _____________________________________________________________________________ Peg Shambo | The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts peggy@ddsw1.mcs.com | working the moment you get up in the morning | and doesn't stop until you get to work.