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>Larry Durham wrote:
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>> FYI,  its sad, whats happening to our "rights":  ld
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>> Edith,  Last nite JM (Jim Macarri) asked for some advice as to posting
>> etiquette, and I spent a good bit of time writing my opinion for him (he
>> apparently is incapable of sending or recieving email, so I mistakenly
>> wasted my time trying to communicate with him via YOUR forum.  You have
>> thrown my message in the dumpster before he could read it, and action I
>> feel is selfish and reprehensible.  Although I have been a contributer to
>> your Airgun  Forum since the start, and have mainly enjoyed participating,
>> I've seen you escalate your
>> censuring activities alarmingly in recent months. Your latest "plan" is
>> the most despicable type ... "blacklisting" in the McCarthy manner. Should
>> you decide this message is a candidate for your red pen, and feel its for
>> the good of all to simply delete it rather than to just contact posters
>> that drift off your agenda to warn them (as I feel you should), then I
>> would be proud to be the very first person you "BLACKLISTED" from your
>> Forum.  ld
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>> Posted by The Airgun Letter on April 19, 1998 at 10:20:15:
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>> On Saturday, April 18, Dick Thomas of Premier Reticles began a new thread
>> titled "Silly and Stupid Postings." If you bothered to
>> actually read the thread, rather than just read the title, you would have
>> seen that Dick was commenting on the large numbers of
>> non-airgun posts and the absurdity of many postings. Unfortunately, many
>> of you did not read the text of his message and seemed to
>> think that his message was starting a new thread in which you were
>> encouraged to post silly and stupid messages. I have deleted Dick's
>> posting and the entire thread because the very thing he posted about ended
>> up happening with THAT thread, too. I know that mixing
>> airguns with other discussion is not uncommon. It's a natural segue. But
>> many of you just continue to post one-liners and treat the Airgun
>> Forum like it's a fraternity kegger or a comedy club. It is neither.
>>
>> Also, it's probably not a good idea to announce to the world that
>> someone's product is being mailed. Maybe they don't want everyone
>> to know what they are buying. Certainly, it's no one else's business.
>> Please use private e-mail or the telephone for such transactions. I
>> have never stopped anyone from advertising their airgun-related products
>> on the forum. I have encouraged and cultivated it. The biggest
>> problem airgunners have is that they just don't know what's available
>> outside of their own location and how to get it. That's the beauty of the
>> Internet. Finally, we have an opportunity to get products and information
>> to airgunners who don't have local airgun stores, clubs or airgunning
>> friends. As a business person, you will do more harm to your business by
>> presenting an unprofessional or unsavory reputation on the Internet than
>> you will if you'd never gotten on the world wide web. So, feel free to
>> present airgun info about your business. Answer questions and do what you
>> can to tell people about your unique products. Edify the newcomers and
>> invite discussion - but keep in mind that this is not a pie-throwing
>> free-for-all. If this type of posting behavior continues, I will strike
>> every posting - regardless of the content of the message - for specific
>> posters. Therefore, you will not only be stopped from posting the
>> unrelated and inappropriate stuff but also the good stuff. I WILL throw
>> out the baby with the bathwater if the baby is trying to drown everyone
>> else. Got it? If not, you will be receiving a phone call from me on
>> Monday. You can take that to the bank.
>>
>> Edith Gaylord
>> The Airgun Letter
>> staff@airgunletter.net
>> http://www.airgunletter.net
>> http://www.airgunletter.com
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>Amazingly, when I tried to view "Her" Airgun Letter Forum a bit later,  I
>was presentet with a message that I was denied access. To those
>that do still have access, so goodby for me?  ld
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> (Larry Durham)
>         AirPower Information Services BBS * 610-259-2193
>      http://www.airpower.com  Telnet://airpower.dyn.ml.org
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Yes, and as we know, this was all due to having to reboot
their server.  That may be sad, but it has nothing to
do with anybody'd rights.
At 10:06 PM 4/19/98 -0500, Larry Durham wrote: