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To: epicure who wrote (29043)	9/25/2006 12:01:25 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541477

Strangely people seem to get confused about this, and muddle it up with free speech, which has zero to do with SI, a private business which allows users to cut up the business space in to small chunks for various discussions. The analogy they don't understand is that SI is like any public business. Anyone who likes can come in if they meet the basic conditions (like No Shoes-No Shirt-No Service). But if they act out and become disruptive in that establishment, they will be asked to leave. If they refuse they can be arrested for trespassing and disturbing the peace. The owners and patrons of an establishment have a right to maintain minimum standards of decorum. The current SI setup allows that to be enforced more or less effectively. The miscreants will never agree, but they pretty much fit in a telephone booth anyway. Vocal but puny minority indeed.

To: epicure who wrote (29043)	9/25/2006 12:31:00 PM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541477

Moderators do the work instead, and when a poster is banned many many times it is quite clear there is something wrong with the poster. 3 or 4 bans, or even 7 or 8, and there could be some cause to cut a poster some slack- but over 20 and you know it's the poster, and not the moderators. ... you DID know that you have 30 bans...? <vbg> Now I look, I'm doing quite well on just one. Wonder where it is... don't think I try to post too many places. I could care less about most of the places likely to ban me; I don't see any reason to post there, life's too busy as it is. I can never fathom why it's viewed as a point of principle to be able to post on every thread, even if the moderator doesn't want you. I mean, what's the point there? You can always set your own thread up; but if you've got a moderator so riled that s/he doesn't want you on his thread, what gives you any 'right' to post there? Ah well.