Re: OT: Thunderbirds are go commercial

["Moz Champion (Dan)" <moz.champion@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Terry R. wrote:
> The date and time was 5/13/2008 9:35 PM, and on a whim, Moz Champion 
> (Dan) pounded out on the keyboard:
> 
>> Terry R. wrote:
>>> The date and time was 5/13/2008 4:39 PM, and on a whim, Moz Champion 
>>> (Dan) pounded out on the keyboard:
>>>
>>>> Terry R. wrote:
>>>>> The date and time was 5/13/2008 3:58 PM, and on a whim, Moz 
>>>>> Champion (Dan) pounded out on the keyboard:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Andreas M wrote:
>>>>>>> On 08.05.2008 15:43 Herb wrote
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 08.05.2008 13:29 UK Time, squaredancer wrote:
>>>>>>>>> careful, Herb!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> you DO realise, of course, that posting links to 
>>>>>>>>> video-sequences (such as "Wimoweh" etc) will get you BANNED - 
>>>>>>>>> no questions asked - from these groups??
>>>>>>>> Hi Reg,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks for the warning - I'm not sure about banned, although I 
>>>>>>>> have seen 'expired' messages from certain individuals ;-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Why should such things happen? I liked the link to the clip. It's 
>>>>>>> not spam.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This group is monitored, and the monitor can decide which posts 
>>>>>> (and content) are 'allowed' within the group. Currently, the acid 
>>>>>> test seems to be some sort of 'testing' for the file/multimedia
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It has occurred within the relatively recent past, one person was 
>>>>>> 'banned'. You would not see any remenants of it, nor evidence, as 
>>>>>> the banning results in a complete removal of said post.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There was much discussion regarding this matter in this (and 
>>>>>> other) newsgroups. The outcome of it was that the 'monitor's' 
>>>>>> decision was upheld by the powers that be.  I have yet to fathom 
>>>>>> the distinction between one post and another with regards to 
>>>>>> 'testing' myself, but then I am not the monitor and have no say in 
>>>>>> the matter.
>>>>> While not "banned", a poster was removed even from this thread. Was 
>>>>> it any more OT than any other post?
>>>>>
>>>>> follow-up set to mozilla.general
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Again, I am not the monitor so I cannot say.
>>>>
>>>> Whose post was removed? The last time someone claimed such it was an 
>>>> anomaly within his specific TB, the post was still here, others 
>>>> could see it, he could not. He thought his post had been removed, it 
>>>> hadn't been.
>>>>
>>>> So, to prevent another round of 'false' accusations, which post 
>>>> (whose) are you claiming was removed?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I see posts from Herb, Peter (who WAS banned in 
>>>> mozilla.thunderbird.multimedia), Herb, Andreas, myself and  Terry.  
>>>> As this thread is in mozilla.support.thunderbird I don't know if the 
>>>> 'ban' applies here or not (I suspect it doesn't) - I can still see 
>>>> Peter's post here.
>>> Reg had a post removed. If you look at PTH, Herb & Andreas, you can 
>>> see his post. I have it in my list but the post is gone.
>>>
>>
>>
>> As a monitor made clear, posts can be removed for being off topic. 
>> Thems the rulz. Agreement or non-agreement with the rulz makes no 
>> difference, they ARE the rulz. While I don't neccessarily agree with 
>> the rulz or their enforcement, no-one is asking me <grin>
>>
>> Whether or not I agree that the speed limit on an Interstate in the 
>> dead of night with no traffic is 'right', I can still be 
>> ticketed/arrestted for breaking it.
>>
>> Whether or not I agree that smoking marijuana is a crime or not, I can 
>> still be arressted for doing it.
>>
>> Whether or not I think I am using 'free speech', I can still be 
>> removed from a church for using profane language. Rulz is rulz, 
>> unspoken or not, it is polite and benificial to follow them lest our 
>> society devolve into total anarchy.
> 
> You asked me to validate my "claim", and that's what I did.  No need to 
> go rambling about speeding, smoking pot, or free speech!  And 
> unfortunately, the examples you gave are CLEAR.  If the speed limit is 
> 65 MPH and you drive 66 MPH, you are breaking the law, and when you get 
> caught, it is EXPLAINED to you what you did wrong.
> 
> Here, things just disappear.  Bits and bytes vanishing.  It is a poor 
> way to "monitor" a group IMO.
> 


Poor or not, it seems that's the way it is done around here.
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