Re: Way to eliminate nutcases from newsfeed

Noel Dickover (ndickover@ver.lld.com)
Fri, 6 Dec 1996 09:51:44 -0500

In article <hegeman-0512962220280001@ts19-1.slip.uwo.ca>,
hegeman@wchat.on.ca says...
>
> The best way to marginalise someone politically is to silence them. Kill
> files do this quite nicely. And though I would agree that in this case
> silencing Ed would be a boon to humanity it is a dangerous road we go down
> when this option is exercised. Silencing opposition is all too often
> abused and used for all the wrong reasons. So, though it pains me to say
> this, some of us must endure Ed's words and listen to him lest we grow too
> used to silence and no longer listen to ourselves.
>
> Toby
>

I shall leave that sacred and most noble deed in your very capable hands.
You are braver man than I, and certainly possess far more patience. My
three year-old tends to drain my auxilliary patience supply. I will
continue to evaluate my sources of information and in the case of
newsgroups, will weed out those who, after careful and considerate
evaluation, I consider to be trolls or nutcases. And in Ed's case, I
prefer silence...

Best,

Noel Dickover