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From: sdyer@bbncca.ARPA (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: net.flame,net.news.group
Subject: Re: mod.all and net.fascism
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Date: Wed, 17-Oct-84 03:27:49 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 17 03:27:49 1984
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Net.flame is certainly the place for this...

First, I agree with everything that Chuq said in reply to this message.
And...

Moffett really makes me gag.  This guy has had literally NOTHING to
say in net.motss over the past year, yet every now and then he crawls out
of his bunker with a dumb comment about how the "gays" are muzzling
people like him.  Note, too, that when people spoke up for the positive
reasons for the creation of mod.motss, he didn't bother presenting
reasoned arguments against it.  No, all we were treated to was an
occasional self-satisfied, bilious belch.  These people who complain
the most about "facism" are really arguing for a return to the playpens
and mudholes of their childhood, where they can throw sand, pull the
girls' pigtails, play in the mud, and, being grownups now, grind their
axes, all without Mom being around.

If Moffett feels deprived of a newsgroup where he can rehash tired
old canards about the immorality of gay people, and most importantly,
not engage in dialogue with those who disagree with him (the most
important thing is to say the same thing over and over again, NOT to
address any points raised by others), he can take his pick, or maybe
even start his own group.  Why not open THAT up to net.news.group?

Just as net.motss not only confounded the sceptics, but actually
became one of the most intelligent, serious and well-run newsgroups
on USENET in the past year (notwithstanding the past few months in
the company of Arndt and Brunson), so too, it is my intention to
see that this record continue with mod.motss.  I hope to bring the
benefits of moderation to the group, while keeping its free-wheeling
style intact.
-- 
/Steve Dyer
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