Thread: the death of roff
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Old September 20th, 2011, 05:39 AM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
ScovilleUnit
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salmobytes wrote in news:c3882149-1165-
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On Sep 9, 7:11*pm, Giles wrote:

People get driven away from EVERY place, EVERY day. *And it is rarely
toxicity that does the trick. *Look at religion.....ANY
religion.....for a case in point.


....most of the daily fishing chatter has migrated over to any one of
a zillion moderated "forums" where toxic posts (perhaps some sadistic
torturing Mike Xyz, by exploiting personal foibles and weaknesses)
immediately get deleted.

This provides a veneer of civility. People learn that toxic posts get
deleted, so they don't make them in the first place. That doesn't mean
they are, in general, civil. Given access to a place like ROFF,
they'll quickly revert to Lord of the Flies behavior. The veneer of
civility is, however, better than the alternative. No?


No!

I state my case again, if your Socialist, censorship "forums" are so much
better than Usenet, why the hell are you still posting here?

That's right....I forgot, you have migrated over to any one of a zillion
moderated "forums" where toxic posts (i.e. postings that don't follow
party ideology...I mean forum standards) immediately get deleted.

The veneer of civility (censorship)is, however, better than the
alternative (free speech). No?

HH.