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Taking the pledge
On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 01:00:39 -0500, "Morgans" wrote in :
http://home.att.net/~marjie1/Cancels.htm Lordy, I didn't know such an animal existed! ... Marty, you know about this stuff, don't you? Sort of. I'm on the "Big-8 Management Board," which is responsible for managing the canonical lists of the eight hierarchies (see my signature). "Cancel wars" have been going on ever since cancels were invented--long before my time. Tim Skirvin, chair of the b8mb, uses PGP Moose to cancel phony posts to the group he moderates and to recreate posts that have been cancelled by others. So, in a sense, I can't say that cancelling messages is intrinsically evil. Cancelbots are running all the time to try to limit spam. They aren't as effective as Clean Feed, which is a set of anti-spam measures taken at the server level (I think). I am personally opposed to trying to cancel posts on the basis of hating a troll. Whatever tool you use to make the troll's life miserable can be used against you. I heartily endorse killfiles, pledges, positive posting, and patience. Reward those whose posts you enjoy by replying to them early and often. Ignore those whose posts you don't enjoy. I'm speaking just for myself in this post, not for the board. I've been reading r.a.p since the spring of 1996. I didn't join the board until fall of 2005. I like this group a lot and I hope people can learn to filter out what they don't like and enjoy what they do like. Marty Marty -- Big-8 newsgroups: humanities.*, misc.*, news.*, rec.*, sci.*, soc.*, talk.* See http://www.big-8.org for info on how to add or remove newsgroups. |
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Taking the pledge
On Mar 4, 9:40 am, "Morgans" wrote:
Figures. Note: Jose- not a team player. Jawohl, mein furher!! |
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Taking the pledge
So Jay's pledge is meaningless. The real antidote to mxsmanic, Jay's
racial rants, and like kind? Do some flying and post your stories. "Jay's racial rants"? More tripe from "Bob".... :-( It's people like "Bob" here that make MX look positively pleasant. Everything in "Bob's" world is negative, everyone is out to get him, and anyone who disagrees with "him" must be stupid. Worse, dissenters must be "corrected", preferably in the most unpleasant way. Resorting to slurs is the norm in "Bob's" world. There is no room for counterpoint in "Bob's" world. I would gladly take TEN Mxsmanic's to one "Bob". If personally slanderous posts like this one from "Bob" could be eliminated, Usenet would be a better place, and far more aviation content would be presented here. Sadly, my response will only give "him" the opportunity to produce another vindictive, monotonal, off-kilter whine about all the "idiots" who disagree with "him". But that, after all, is what makes people like "Bob" -- and MX -- tick. Have at it, "Bob". I can hardly wait. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Taking the pledge
What about when MX is right and some "real" pilot is wrong?
mike "Jay Honeck" wrote in message oups.com... 1. I will not respond to MX's posts. |
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No Larry... Do not read any desire into my post. Frankly the guys
posts do not bug me in the least. The constant barage of anti said person posts bug me a whole lot more than the original posts. From what I have seen his original posts are all on topic and most do raise good questions. The immediate posts of "blah blah only flies sims and never flown a real plane" in response are the ones which fuel the problem. On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:40:30 -0800, Mike 'Flyin'8' wrote in : Has anyone thought about using a program that looks a certain individuals name and immediatly issues a usenet message cancel based upon said users name and the newly posted subject? So you're implying that you'd like to give the troll the power to drive you to fraudulent behavior in a worldwide forum? :-( Mike Alexander PP-ASEL Temecula, CA See my online aerial photo album at http://flying.4alexanders.com |
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Jay Honeck wrote:
I personally find this amazing (he truly doesn't bother me that much) but, in the interest of keeping this newsgroup intact and (relatively) harmonious, I hereby publically make the following pledges, and urge others to join me he 1. I will not respond to MX's posts. 2. I will not lambaste MX on these newsgroups. 3. I will not vandalize MX's website. All in favor, say "aye"... -- Jay Honeck Aye. |
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The problem with your pledge drive is that some naive or altruistic
individual will always provide an answer, and therefore validate his existence. However, I agree to try, although insults and sarcastic comments at least provide a measure of self satisfaction that are absent when he is just ignored. Besides, his posts dominate the group, and are nearly impossible to ignore anyway. Perhaps on my next trip to France I should make a point of looking him up, so we could have a personal chat. |
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On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 12:32:53 -0500, mike regish wrote:
What about when MX is right and some "real" pilot is wrong? The fabric of the universe will unravel. -- Dallas |
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Taking the pledge
Larry Dighera wrote:
Jose is capable of independent thought. If the herd want's to jump off the cliff, he has the good sense to go his own way. Restated, if the herd veers away from the cliff, he may still choose to steam full speed ahead. -- Mortimer Schnerd, RN mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com |
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Restated, if the herd veers away from the cliff, he may still choose to steam
full speed ahead. .... and invent aviation. Jose -- Humans are pack animals. Above all things, they have a deep need to follow something, be it a leader, a creed, or a mob. Whosoever fully understands this holds the world in his hands. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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