Dialogue, of course, as befitting any such group.
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I guess you think that eliminating, by whatever means, annoying,
irrelevant, lengthy and disruptive posts would be an exercise in
"control" then. No?
What is your suggested course of action?
On Jul 23, 6:32 pm, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote:
> But that's both my and Francis' point, Slip, that we handle it on-list, and
> not through censorship. He and I are just as annoyed at the wildly off topic
> interjection, but our preference as a group is to handle it as a group, and
> not through administrative content censorship. We agree with your reaction,
> but not with the proposed course of action.
>
> Now then, champion, care to take us back on topic? ;-)
>
>
>
> [ Attached Message ]From:Slip Disc <[email protected]>To:"\"Minds Eye\""
> <[email protected]>Date:Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:25:43 -0700
> (PDT)Local:Thurs, Jul 23 2009 6:25 pmSubject:[Mind's Eye] Re: Are you in
> control?
>
> So be it, but there seems to be a dichotomy on member opinion
> regarding thread irrelevancy intrusion. At the least I can say I have
> a legitimate excuse because I was awarded the only.............
>
> MEDAL
>
> Thread Purity Champion
>
> First Class
>
> by Chris who in fact posted early to the puppy post "relevance" Jul
> 23, 11:06 am, which is obviously a less than appreciative response.
>
> I respectfully bow out, thank you.
>
> On Jul 23, 5:58 pm, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On 23 Jul., 23:15, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote:
> > .
> > ... and also agree with Vam that> we should eliminate the puppy dung and
> > ornography and solidify the
> > > continuity of posts. These inappropriate and irrelevant intrusions
> > > only serve as an impediment to the already difficult path to analysis
> > > and perspective of the complex thread topic, they are an obstacle to
> > > productive philosophy.
> > > As an aside I think that irrelevant posts should simply be removed by
> > > the moderation squad before they even get the opportunity to waste our
> > > mental energy upon reading them. Why do they even appear?
>
> > Sorry, Slip, I can't agree with this.
>
> > Burn spammers at the stake by all means, and emasculate trolls with a
> > blunt rusty knife, but we should be careful about calling for active
> > moderation of posts with regard to quality of content or relevance.
> > This smacks for me of the kind of intellectual elitism which leads
> > eventually to a small number of self-satisfied illuminati lost in
> > wonderment at their own cerebral powers or arguing over the number of
> > quangles capable of dancing on the tip of a quantum pin. Apart from
> > anything else, the cut and thrust of discussion here is quite capable
> > of dealing with them and they are not infrequently the occasion of
> > insight on the part of another contributor, or at least some comic
> > relief.
>
> > This is control degenerating into control-freakism.
>
> > Streuth, 'tis indeed a strange world which has me riding in on a white
> > horse to defend puppy ...!
>
> > Francis
>
>
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