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Date Posted: 10:51:58 04/15/08 Tue
Author: admin
Subject: Thanks and more about deleting posts
In reply to: Foo Man Moo 's message, "Re: Irish Jim: Your post was removed" on 04:54:53 04/15/08 Tue

I really appreciate your understanding and support.

I don't censor for content, but for insults. In these two recent cases, I got there first, so no responses were deleted. The posts themselves were of no conceivable value. Hey, I'm a member of the ACLU. Speech can be limited in time, place, and manner. So, for example, it used to be legal for politicians to send around "sound trucks" with loudpeakers blaring the candidates' name. Day sleepers, in particular, were angered by this. It's no longer done, but consider:
The ban applied to anyone, regardless of message, person, or party.
There are many ways to get the message out.

So on the forum, disrespectful posts will be removed (manner). i set up the place under Voy, so i set the rules.

Varying opinions (and sexy stories) are exactly what's desired here.

If I had the disrespectful posters around here, they'd find out what a spanking is. ;-}



>>I take the respectful part of the description very
>>seriously. If you post insults again, you will be
>>banned.
>
>Congrats to you Forum Admin. You have a tough job,
>believe me I know, deciding which posts are on the
>border but not too offensive to delete and which just
>simply cross over the edge.
>You will invariably piss people off but you have a
>judgment call to make regarding freedom of speech and
>not everyone will understand that.
>You will also discover that by deleting the lead posts
>you also eliminate the replies that follow. In many
>cases those who replied may take that as a personal
>affront. It can be a no win situation that can be very
>frustrating for a forum owner.
>Good luck and keep up the good work.

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