Re: [Nolug] Cox's idea about fighting spam

On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 23:37, LinuxLaw wrote:
> Charles clearly didn't like someone's opinion so he then demands to know
> where they work???....that sounds a little nutty. That sounds alot like
> a threat. How is his place of employment relevant unless you are

Tim knows where Charles works, and knows what Charles does. I think
that Charles was trying to make the point that insulting someone's
workplace is rude; thus he said, "Perhaps I have a beef I'd like to
air about your place of business...."

> implying a threat to the person or their job? Charles didn't screw up
> b/c he works for Cox -- he screwed up because he didn't like what
> someone had to say and then tried to shut them up. Unchecked threats
> can result in control. Unchecked threats can result in censorship. I'd
> say Charles did a pretty good job of attempting to get some control over
> the list. He probably succeeded in chilling some discussion.

Hogwash. That is soooo overinterpreting Charles' comments.

> Scott Harney wrote:
>
> >Censorship would imply that Charles has some sort of control over list content
> >or membership.
> >
> >[snip snip snip.....]

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