Re: Ad Hominem behaviour in this forum thread
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What, did somebody else say something on AMPS about the members' old ladies?
As for what Leigh said (repeated below) -- Leigh, you misspelled a word.? It should be "belittling" and not "befitting."
This group has ALWAYS allowed off-topic posts and ad-hominem posts.? That's what kept us all so focused on technology.? Remember what Robert Heinlein said:? "An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life."
In every case I can remember, whenever a stupid asshole showed up here, it was self-correcting.? They left of their own accord.?
And frequently, when uninformed but open-minded people showed up, they stayed long enough to get their answers, and then left.? I confess that I sent a lot of private emails to newbies who got a spanking, telling them that this is the way it works here and that they should just hang in there.? I suspect that I was not alone in doing this.?
In my book?? Censors should be censured.? Then they need an orchidectomy to prevent or at least mitigate such further escapes from our US Constitutional norms.? Should the knife slip and cut off the wrong part, or especially the wrong head, then so be it.
73 Jim N6OTQ
Yes, and George's recently publicised set of prescriptive rules and posting
guidelines are very befitting and appropriate.
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