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- From: doel@bae.bellcore.com (Michael Doel)
- Subject: Re: Kicked out of a.f.d-q? I don't think so
- In-Reply-To: patrick@growler.owlnet.rice.edu's message of Mon, 21 Dec 1992 17:59:22 GMT
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- Patrick Humphrey writes:
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- > In article <nate.960@psygate.psych.indiana.edu> nate@psygate.psych.indiana.edu (Nathan Engle) writes:
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- > > I've never before heard anyone claim to have been kicked out of
- > >an unmoderated newsgroup.
- >
- > This is admittedly the first time I've ever heard anyone make that
- > claim as well, but I've seen a couple of cases in which hordes of people
- > have posted "requests" for other dissenting persons to butt out and leave
- > a group until they have "learned" more appropriate opinions. Consider the
- > case of Steve Chaney or Jack Schmidling. Basically these two guys have
- > gotten unpopular enough that they can no longer hold fruitful discussions
- > here because people are so busy berating them for past transgressions or
- > trying to put words in their mouthes in order to create new offenses. Both
- > of these individuals have been effectively "kicked out".
- >
- > Really? It seems to me that the individuals in question made their own
- > decision to leave. They could have stayed, but they didn't. In case you're
- > too busy defending them to notice, those two you mentioned can't hold a
- > worthwhile discussion for one basic reason: they have no interest in
- > holding one in the first place.
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-
- Way to prove Nathan's point Patrick. They don't even say anything & you
- slam them (presumably for past transgressions). What type of reaction could
- we expect if they dared post something you disagreed with?
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