From: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 10:51:44 -0800 (PST)
To: Alan Olsen <alan@ctrl-alt-del.com>
Subject: Re: Comments on moderation
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Alan Olsen wrote:
> I have been reading the comments on moderation and I have a few comments
> I would like to see moderation, but only for those things that filters
> cannot handle effectivly.
> 1) The Spam that has been flooding the list.  It looks like someone has an
> axe to grind against the list or certain people on it, so they are doing
> their best to disrupt it.  The spam is only part of that attack.  It should
> be dealt with as any other denial of service attack.
> 2) The anonymous flames against Tim May (or anyone else for that
> matter...).  These messages contain no useful content.  They only serve to
> allow certain overgrown juviniles to vent against people they dislike.
> Killing the above would greatly improve the quality of the list. The rest
> can be killed by filters. As for the people who are crying "censor", I
> have seen little evidence that the doom they predict is going to happen.

Did you really want to say "no evidence", but were just hedging your bet?