Hi Bosco I really was most surprised that you published my critical point about inconsistency in the treatment of posts by the moderator of Goanet---good for you if you are indeed the Moderator! I therefore also want to point out that when the Moderator recently rejected six of my posts as "Inappropriate" in fairly quick succession, and virtually instantaneously as illustrated on the recorded time on the screen, it suggests that my substantial and carefully crafted rejected posts could not have been read at all to be summarily dismissed as "inappropriate". Further, try as I may, I could not find the word "inappropriate" as a criterion for the rejection of posts in the much hyped Goanet Rules when I diligently looked through them. Perhaps you can therefore throw some light on this intriguing enigma. And even further still, while the moderator chose to provide nil explanation, despite requests, for some clues why my posts in rapid succession were deemed "inappropriate" the seemingly same moderator was clearly happy to provide, to other posters who also happen to privately trade info with me, clear reasons why their posts were rejected. Understandably, I have retained such evidence should you and anyone else on Goanet need it. So my dear Bosco, the ball is firmly in your court to persuade me and other posters that you or some nameless person called the Moderator on Goanet, has the capacity or the wherewithal to implement consistency in rejecting posts. Sadly, the evidence above suggests that, there is much that is seriously lacking in the essential commodity of consistency relating to Goanet moderation. Cornel DaCosta CORNEL DACOSTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Bosco As per at least one Goanet 'dictum', is the content below about Goa or things Goan in any way whatsoever, or linked in any way whatsoever to the subject line? Goanet moderators have invariably rejected posts over these simple pedantic issues but I suppose exceptions exist for moderators themselves! However, please note that I am making a point about obvious inconsistency in rule application and not seeking an answer that will in all likelihood be entirely "inappropriate". Cornel DaCosta
Bosco D'Mello wrote: > Pardon me for being "defensive" by pointing out the simple fact that the > US goes through business cycles every few years and that the last two have > been about double the period of previous cycles because of the success in > controlling US inflation. RESPONSE: Yes Mario, in every such cycle the 5th largest securities firm, Bear Stearns, goes under and takes with it $19 billion market capitalization in a few weeks. That is the sum of economies of a few SE Asian countries and is only ONE example. > Maybe. Maybe not. I have seen "this time it will be different" come and > go numerous times in the almost four decades I have lived here. RESPONSE: So, you are unsure too.......and want to cover all the bases with your "Maybe. Maybe not." In forty years you are allowed to be defensive......as long as you are not dishing out financial advise to good people. One would expect real good advice from somebody who has spent 4 decades in the US. I will not hold my breath........... - Bosco
