On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:03:44 GMT, Cecil Moore
wrote:

Bob Brock wrote:
Establishing a moderated newsgroup on policy defeats it's own
purpose of providing open discussion.

Do you really think that vulgarity, profanity, and
sexuality along with ad hominem attacks have a
place in an amateur radio newsgroup?

I think that freedom of speech is inherent to any open discussion. If
you don't like what they have to say, you are under no compulsion to
listen to them. I came and looked a few years ago and didn't like
what I saw, so I moved on. I'd have to see how much bias the
moderators have and I have to be honest with you, if they are regular
posters to these ng's, serious doubts about their ability to be
objective and judge each post on it's own merits or lack thereof.

I see the moderated ng's becoming the playground of one group or the
other and gaining the respectability of being part of the Big 8
hierarchy. That is unless those who make the decisions realize what
is going on. I notice no one has answered the question about why you
guys don't just start a yahoo group or something along those lines.
You don't really need permission for that you know and it's a lot
easier. You can still have your own private playground and decide who
gets to play in it.

I gave up on these two ng's long ago. However, I have hopes that now
that the code debate has been decided, things will improve. Flame
wars, name calling, and personal attacks are part of un moderated
Usenet. Learn to deal with it, leave it along, or move to a moderated
format. I have a really good set of filters to keep out most of the
riffraff.

Those are about your only choices.