Theos-Talk Archives (May 1996 Message tl00677)

On Sat, 11 May 1996, alexis dolgorukii wrote:

> At 09:04 AM 5/11/96 -0400, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >On Sat, 11 May 1996, Michelle Donald wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all
> >...clip................>
> >
> >> in fellowship
> >> Michelle
> >>
> >> BTW the imp in me has seriously contemplated forwarding copies of all
> >> personal off topic messages to the sender ;-) May be it the
> >> retorgrade mayhem in May.
> >>
> >	A very good practical idea which will work. If all do the same,
> >soon the sender will be overwhelmed by messages. This reminds me of a
> >recent message I read. This guy is sending a business promotion messages
> >to all the maillists - you do not see it here because you cannot post a
> >message unless you are subscribed -- and wants you to fax him a message
> >to a  toll free number. Someone who got fed up, because he was sending
> >the same message under different names, sent a message 500 pages  long -
> >each page being the same and ran up the phone bill and got even.
> >
> >	....doss
> >
> >
> >To Michelle and Doss:
>
> Don't you think you're generating a tempest in a teapot? It takes perhaps a
> half a second to delete a "one liner", or if you find one person does only
> "one liners' you can filter them.There are a number of people on this board
> who obviously find their banter a friendly kind of connecting link and get
> something of value from it. If others don't, deletion is easy and quick.
> Basically, I fear that what you're actually thinking about is censorship of
> content and that is a basic American "NO-NO". Who has the right to decide
> what is "on-topic" and what is "off-topic". I know I don't, and I certainly
> won't cede the right to anyone else. I strongly doubt if anyone on this
> board will be broken financially by the cost of the telephone time it takes
> to delete a "one-liner".
>
> alexis
>
Alexis: Don't take my comment seriously. Program filter does a great job
with no waste of anyone's time, if that is what some one wants. There are
many ways to deal with any problem.
..doss