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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