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Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
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You are absolutely right, but it doesn't make them right to do so. Kind of
like the way Red China tries to control their people isn't it? It infuriates
the masses, but doesn't fool them. The masses will eventually rebel, the
same as all oppressed societies have done so.
Sure it does, it's not a uncensored media, it's THEIR server and they
have rules and the right to remove ANY post they feel should be removed
- if this was china he would have been drug out in a black hood, shot in
a field, and his next of kin would be sent a bill for it.
The masses don't care if someone that is almost always negative and foul
is removed, his position doesn't have much to do with why people come
here, most posts have nothing to do with PA/WGA, and they can be
addressed properly without using foul/abusive language/tones.
I suppose that you feel some like pc butts 1 should have been able to
continue posting his pirated apps links after the vendors publically
asked him to stop....
Getting tired of it doesn't make censosership an acceptable policy.
No, but removing foul/disruptive content makes the group better for all
that use it - including the noobs that might be driven away after
reading some of his rants.
Makes them look guilty as charged if they can only delete negative posts.
Not really, it makes it look like they are tired of seeing his approach,
the abusive content, the foul manner in his posts. I'm willing to bet
that if he posted without being foul or abusive, that we would not be
discussing this right now.
You must have a very big hand with lots of fingers or haven't been very
dillegent in monitoring Kurts posts to make a statement like that.
I don't monitor anyone's posts, I just see the ones I'm interested in or
that catch my eye - in the posts I've seen of his, I stand by my
statement - lots of rant, little constructive help.
Since he can't control MS's servers, if he wants his message out then he
can still get it out, he doesn't have to be silenced. MS offers their
Usenet services to the public at their own whim, it could vanish on
Friday and people would still find the Usenet groups for them on the
rest of the worlds Usenet servers.
His posts are controversial, but almost always on topic.
But they are rather ill flavored most times, which can lead to them not
fitting into the Quality and good-neighbor areas.
Has any of the above been proven?
I was not implying that Kurt is guilty of #8, don't take it that way -
it was addressing deleting posts from ANYONE that does the mentioned
items. I have never seen Kurt post anything that would cause problems
with a machine. Again, I was not suggesting Kurt even entered into #8
(as was noted in the start of #8), it was to address anothers concern
about how some people that post destructive answers are still able to
post.
