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Pastimes : THE SLIGHTLY MODERATED BOXING RING
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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (19710)8/23/2002 2:14:59 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (3) of 21057
 
Why do you think this was created as a moderated thread.

Duh! To keep one person off, and it wasn't TP.

I'm tired of the idiot.

There are idiots I'm tired of, too. There are other posters who seem to be similarly partisan and blind. There are others who do nothing but snipe. There are others who say squirrelly things. What is so special about this one that he has to be silenced?

I don't buy the "undermine the war effort" argument. No one is deluded enough to think that anything said on SI affects the war effort. The only explanation left is that TP's politics are too abhorrent to be voiced and I don't like the sound of that. They may not deserve much credence, but we can all make that call for ourselves.

I do a lot of skimming. And a lot of ignoring. Every once in a while I have to put someone "on ignore" for a while to effectively ignore him. I cannot imagine asking to have someone banned because he makes me crazy. If TP were disrupting the thread, that would be another matter, but I don't see that happening. What I see happening is that TP has gotten under JLA's skin and JLA has asked for relief instead of coping like the rest of us. While I am sympathetic, I can't condone silencing as a remedy for irritation when there's calamine lotion available.

OTOH, I might consider trading my vote on this one in exchange for your banning the irritant of my choice... <g>
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