Telecom bill discussion / censorship / children on the net: enough

[Robert Wagers]

   In the spirit of correction, why do you rip me for using a convention 
and demean my suggestions, then finish with a smiley????

R. Wagers

On Tue, 13 Feb 1996, Thomas Dowling wrote:

> 
> >     If you are so frightened of _flaming_ and _being dumped on_, maybe 
> >you shouldn't participate.  Tell me, just what is _appropriate_ for this 
> >list?  Does it have to be propeller head stuff only?  Isn't it the 
> >censors who run to tell us what's appropriate?  
> 
> Oh, come now.  Suggesting that a list try to stay
> on-topic is a far cry from censorship.  What is 
> appropriate for this list is what we, the participants,
> decide it is, with the understanding that most of us
> signed on for discussions of WEB development FOR (or "4")
> LIBraries.  That's an admirably flexible boundary, but
> Peter Graham, as one of the participants, is entitled to point
> out that it doesn't necessarily extend to general discussions
> about intellectual freedom, which might be more fruitfully
> taken elsewhere.  As another of the participants, I must
> say I agree.
> 
> Having said that, I have no interest in trying to stop anyone
> from carrying on this thread.  And there you have it: members
> of a virtual community trying to keep a discussion focused 
> rather than an authoritarian regime exerting control over what
> that discussion can cover.
> 
> And since you brought it on yourself--
> 
> FLAME ON
> What besotted troglodyte told you to use an underscore
> to quote material from a prior post?  That's the convention
> for underlining!  My mama taught me to use quotation marks, 
> Bubba, and they're even available on the Commodore 64 you 
> must be using, so let's try to get with the program!
> 
> Nah, FLAME OFF.  My heart just isn't in it...  :-)
> 
> 
> Thomas Dowling
> tdowling at ohiolink.edu
> 
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