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Even a moderated forum can fall to rot.....

On 10 Nov 2003 05:28:34 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

Lurked through the boatered site a few minutes ago.

Some of the threads there are not that much different than here. Some guy put
up a question about licensing boaters, and there are no end of conservative
posts
slamming CT. and other states for being "under Clinton's big-government
influence" etc.

Less Hall, the moderator, chimed in to scold the poster suggesting that a
minimum education standard might be a good thing with a smart-ass remark along
the general line of, "with all the good stuff you have posted here, why would
you post this liberal rant?"

All the folks clamoring for a moderated group- go take a look see. All you wind
up with is a group that generally reflects the politics and prejudices of the
moderator.

Moderation is really no panacea.

What it takes is basic decency and courtesy--and a concensus that the newsgoup
can be better than it is absent the kind of ongoing vituperation arising from
these "political discussions."

Joe Parsons

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