Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site amdcad.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!amdcad!phil From: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: Is anyone else offended..... Message-ID: <1820@amdcad.UUCP> Date: Wed, 26-Jun-85 23:17:24 EDT Article-I.D.: amdcad.1820 Posted: Wed Jun 26 23:17:24 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Jun-85 08:18:49 EDT References: <266@timeinc.UUCP> <2908@nsc.UUCP> Reply-To: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) Organization: AMD, Sunnyvale, California Lines: 27 Keywords: responsibility, liability, common sense, euthanasia In article <2908@nsc.UUCP> chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) writes: >In article <266@timeinc.UUCP> greenber@timeinc.UUCP writes: >>Is anyone else offended at the idea of a site administrator taking it >>upon themselves to pull the plug on a popular newsgroup, such as net.flame? > > There are sites and users >out there who aren't (responsible), and I now find myself in a position >where I feel I >have to defend myself from them. I don't think I'm alone in this, just >silly enough to go public with it. I've been looking for ways to get the >net as an entity do work at fixing some of these problems, and simply >haven't found any solutions that could be agree upon (see (1) above). I >don't feel like I can wait anymore. In some way, I have to thank the people >at ucla, because they finally pushed me over the edge and got me to do what >I've been trying to avoid for about a year... I like net.flame (when I want to read something mindless) but I think it has gotten out of control. If the newsgroup continues to consist of primarily personal (and very offensive) attacks on other net posters and juvenile attempts to break the system by screwing with Followup-To lines, then I'd have to side with Chuq. (by the way, it's privilege, not priviledge) -- Just another facist system administrator. Phil Ngai (408) 749-5720 UUCP: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra}!amdcad!phil ARPA: amdcad!phil@decwrl.ARPA