"Jeff Boyce" wrote in
:
I was not aware that your posts were banned from UtterAccess, so I
don't have a dog in that fight...
I'll point out that if you have something to say and you wish
folks to listen, telling them that their ideas are stupid is
counterproductive.
I didn't say his *idea* was stupid, but that the *words he posted*
were stupid (and they were, and I explained why).
... and unless you also went on to describe the likely outcomes of
using that (stupid) idea, and offer a solution of your own, your
approach didn't expand the body of knowledge.
I did exactly that -- explained what was wrong with his answer and
what the correct answer was.
I've been quite impressed with the ideas/approaches you've
provided, so it IS personal ... I like them! ... the delivery,
however... sucks (NOTE ... Tongue-in-Cheek, Just-A-Joke,
illustrating my point ...G!).
You get what you pay for.
I've been posting to Usenet since 1994, and things are so much less,
er, shall we say "high-spirited" nowadays than back then. You had to
have the courage of your convictions to post back then. Since you
knew that you could get rhetorically flame-broiled for posting
something dumb or inaccurate, it made you more careful -- you'd
check before you posted.
I frankly prefer that environment, where peer pressure disciplined
the participants instead of the threat of banning. I'm a real
believer in the idea that the antidote for bad speech is more
speech.
But a lot of people want to be protected from anything remotely
controversial, so they can have the Utteraccess-type forums.
--
David W. Fenton
http://www.dfenton.com/
usenet at dfenton dot com
http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/