Butting heads (was RE: Antiquated Software)

[Fairlight]

Confusious (Lerebours, Jose) say:
> > [Brian said:]
> > I would not say the same about the list. The only analogs for John
> > being the owner and often present member of the room, for the list,
> > would be the list owner & moderator, both of which have been perfectly
> > dispassionate in administering the list as far as I have seen even
> > though one of them is far from a dispassionate participant in the
> > list. Specifically, I beleive Mark does at least some adminning of
> > the list and can clear or deny messages, and I have certainly had my
> > differences of opinion with him, and he's certainly said things to
> > people (not just me) here that I find inexcusable, but none of that
> > appears to bleed over into his list admin role. He may call you lousy
> > programmer or unethical service provider or just plain stupid, but he
> > won't stop you from saying the same or worse back.
>
> Well, I guess Mark is not the kind of guy that if he does not make the
> team, he takes his ball and goes home (if I do not play, then no one
> plays - Oh, did I mention we must play my way?).

Censorship is often the first recourse of the party holding the lower 
moral ground.

The -only- criterion I apply for approve/discard is, "Is it UCE/spam?"

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