On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, Amir Tal wrote:
> well, the people who posted their responces on NewsForge had their chance to > say what they had in mind. i, personaly, think that its a load of crup to, > and what i did was just bring the story in hebrew to readers here. whats the > point of starting some kind of a thread if you are saying what you think if > it in advance ? that's killing the subject before its even started...this is > not what a news site is suppose to be about. its suppose to bring the > article, and let the readers decide what they think about it. weither a > website chooses to publish a story or not, its a whole diferent story. i > chose to publish. i think you have some confusion regarding what is 'the item'. is it 'linux contains illegal software', or is it 'some web site/paper reported that linux contains illegal software'? if its the first - then a reporter needs to verify what they publish before they publish it - otherwise, reporters would just make up stories and publish them - easier then verifying the story. i think what gilad protested against was that you posted a story without verifying the information to be valid. if you have what seems to be a story, but then while verifying it you find it has no bases, you don't insist on publishing it, cause that'll be publishing a lie. -- guy "For world domination - press 1, or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
