================================================ Subject: Re: why moderation doesn't work From: "Lee Reed" To: Date: Mon 8 Apr 2002 00:13:20 -0400 ================================================ and it's mainly because the moderation seems to be so lopsided on this list...i thought this was a brilliant post and deserved to be read by the masses, perhaps to spark a little more INTELLIGENT conversation on the topic...does no one else here feel that their rights are being squashed, to protect a minority? i for one feel that the quality of this list has gone down, not up, in this era of moderation...and i also hate playing the waiting game, wondering if even the most harmless post will make it thru...so go ahead and squash this one, if you must, mr. moderator...i only want to have a conversation here... >>From: >>Speaking of >>whom, here's my latest to lamelist, which will of course never see the >>light of day: >>************************** >>Seems to me you people who think moderation is a GOOD thing just don't >>care about the freedom you're taking for granted. Freedom of speech is >>the FIRST right guaranteed Americans in the Bill of Rights, but here are >>all you fools saying "It's GOOD that there are now people telling us >>what we can and cannot say." And then there's all the whining about the >>"nastiness". Lemme tell ya, folks, that "nastiness" hasn't gotten any >>better since "moderation" was instituted, despite the fact that that's >>EXACTLY WHY "MODERATION" WAS INSTITUTED. The ONLY thing that's changed >>is now there are more whiny little babies coming on crying about the >>"state of the list". >> >> >> >>For the record, I don't give a tin shit if Stappy and Co. even KNOW >>about the existence of CreedTalk, and I care even less if they APPROVE >>of it. Debbi and I didn't start the list to be gain the approval of the >>band. We started it so we could have a forum where people could TALK, >>openly, honestly, about ANY subject, without having to wonder if there >>were going to be 34563456 bitching about what we said, and without some >>ridiculous "moderator". In the 6 months we've had the list, we've had >>ONE bona fide "flame war", and more meaningful discussions in a WEEK >>than THIS pathetic list of whiners has seen ALL YEAR. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp