On 23 Jul., 23:15, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote:
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... 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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