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- From: kamilewi@lars.acc-admin.stolaf.edu (Alex Kamilewicz)
- Subject: Re: Kicked out of a.f.d-q? I don't think so
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.010122.3688@news.stolaf.edu>
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- Organization: St. Olaf College; Northfield, MN
- References: <nate.960@psygate.psych.indiana.edu> <PATRICK.92Dec21115922@growler.owlnet.rice.edu> <DOEL.92Dec21144248@bbq.bae.bellcore.com>
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 01:01:22 GMT
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- In article <DOEL.92Dec21144248@bbq.bae.bellcore.com> doel@bae.bellcore.com (Michael Doel) writes:
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- >Patrick Humphrey writes:
- >
- >> In article <nate.960@psygate.psych.indiana.edu> nate@psygate.psych.indiana.edu (Nathan Engle) writes:
- >>
- >> > 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.
- >
- >
- >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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- PROBABLY more of their drivel. This is Steve Chaney we are talking about.
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- Alex
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