On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 22:38:15 -0600, Nate Bargmann
wrote:

On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:11:09 -0600, Mike Coslo wrote:

Not in question. Richard might agree with me that his rejected post was
just a sneak preview.

Of what, exactly? So a new group is planned that will be moderated. Big
deal. The other groups are still wide open for anyone to post. I don't
see the reason for alarm.

Hi Nate,

You confuse our amusement of impotent autocracy with alarm? Or are
you speaking of the very little effort required to alarm the school
hall monitors?

I visited the group to observe the response to my first reaction.
Basically their position is that taking responsibility for yourself
with your own killfile management is a task too great for the mass of
humanity. In clearer terms, the moderators have a very low opinion of
those they "protect." The veneer of respectability flaked off the
surface quite quickly.

The sand-bagged "proposal" comes with only one acceptable solution,
the justification for their thread of 120-odd follow-on responses
(white noise chatter) doesn't change that one iota. It was obvious my
solution's rejection was waiting in the wings like a coup de gras.

[Actually it is coup de grâce, pronounced grahs. Most americans
pronounce gras as grah. The difference is coup de grâce is the
killing blow for the grace of a quick death. A coup de gras is a blow
of fat - certainly more accurately rendered there (pun intended). If
I am to merit expulsion for rhetorically tweaking a nose, I may as
well murder them with panache.]

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Richard Clark wrote:
On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 22:38:15 -0600, Nate Bargmann
wrote:

On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:11:09 -0600, Mike Coslo wrote:

Not in question. Richard might agree with me that his rejected post was
just a sneak preview.
Of what, exactly? So a new group is planned that will be moderated. Big
deal. The other groups are still wide open for anyone to post. I don't
see the reason for alarm.

Hi Nate,

You confuse our amusement of impotent autocracy with alarm? Or are
you speaking of the very little effort required to alarm the school
hall monitors?

I visited the group to observe the response to my first reaction.
Basically their position is that taking responsibility for yourself
with your own killfile management is a task too great for the mass of
humanity. In clearer terms, the moderators have a very low opinion of
those they "protect." The veneer of respectability flaked off the
surface quite quickly.

It's apparently hard to download a copy of a free newsreader and install
it, RTFM, and set up the newsgroups to be as sanitary as I like. 4
keystrokes, and I never have to see a person's posts again.

The sand-bagged "proposal" comes with only one acceptable solution,
the justification for their thread of 120-odd follow-on responses
(white noise chatter) doesn't change that one iota. It was obvious my
solution's rejection was waiting in the wings like a coup de gras.

I wonder if anyone ever considered that maybe the censored group was
just an extension of the infighting? The ultimate gigging, the neener,
neener, neener to the whackies?


[Actually it is coup de grâce, pronounced grahs. Most americans
pronounce gras as grah. The difference is coup de grâce is the
killing blow for the grace of a quick death. A coup de gras is a blow
of fat - certainly more accurately rendered there (pun intended).

Don't pour water on that bacon fire, kids!


If
I am to merit expulsion for rhetorically tweaking a nose, I may as
well murder them with panache.]

Always good with maple syrup.... psst, Richard, you spelled pancakes
wrong ....

- 73 de Mike KB3EIA -

On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:04:50 -0500, Michael Coslo
wrote:

If
I am to merit expulsion for rhetorically tweaking a nose, I may as
well murder them with panache.]

Always good with maple syrup.... psst, Richard, you spelled pancakes
wrong ....

Ah Mike! C'est un bon mot.