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To: Diver who wrote (235)	8/21/1998 10:33:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1542

In principle, it's hard to support an effort to throw someone off SI for posting what he thinks. In principle, I think Emile's venom should be out in public, where it will remind people that scum like this exist, and should be carefully watched. In practice, though, the guy is a royal pain in the ass. OK, the coffee shop threads are play, we all know that. But that makes it worse in some ways. When I browse stock threads, I'm prepared to deal with bashers, hypsters, cheerleaders, clueless whiners, and many other species. On the coffee shop, you just want to have a relaxing, amusing, and occasionally enlightening conversation with people that in many cases you regard as friends. And all of a sudden there's this raving madman in your face, accusing you of being an unwitting tool of the Zionist Media/Banking Conspiracy to Take Total Control of the World. The first time, it's funny. But it gets old. First reaction is to change threads. You do it, and there he is again. It gets older. Pretty soon it gets very old indeed, and you say to hell with principle, throw the clown out. My suggestion is that SI suspend him briefly, then reinstate him with 2 restrictions - that his pseudo-religious posting be confined to threads specifically dedicated to religion, and that he depart from any thread in which participants request his departure. Probably impractical, but pooping in someone else's playpen is rude, to say the least, and should be discouraged. Anyone who can detect a sexual double entendre in the moniker "Tastes Like Chicken" has a far dirtier mind than mine. Which is a considerable accomplishment. OT, watch Asia this coming week. Jungle drums say the pillars, already chewed half through, are wobbling badly. Steve