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Re: A friendly tech-forum

From rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: A friendly tech-forum
Date 2015-12-11 01:31 -0500
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On 12/10/2015 7:52 AM, Alfred Singlestone wrote:
> On Sunday, December 6, 2015 at 11:58:52 PM UTC-5, Ron Aaron wrote:
>> On 07/12/2015 05:57, Rod Pemberton wrote:
>>
>>> While I'm sure your purpose is noble, every sword has two edges.
>>> What some view as a being polite and troll free, others may
>>> view as discriminatory, exclusionary, and pro-censorship.  You
>>> can't have both.
>>
>> Yes you can.  A polite society is not necessarily discriminatory, it is
>> one in which individuals engage their brains before opening their
>> mouths.
>
> You really can't. In the polite society you mention, explicitly excluded are individuals who cannot or will not engage their brains before opening their mouths. Implicitly excluded are individuals whose responses are thoughtful and well-intended but misinterpreted, and those who have a communicative style that is too brusque to meet the accepted definition of "polite".
>
> There is exclusion in such an arrangement, there is discrimination. The discrimination is the *point* of the rules.

Ron is still discussing this with you.  I guess I would be interested in 
knowing if this conversation would be allowed in his forum...

-- 

Rick

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A friendly tech-forum Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2015-12-06 11:09 +0200
  Re: A friendly tech-forum mentificium@gmail.com - 2015-12-06 06:05 -0800
    Re: A friendly tech-forum Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2015-12-06 16:20 +0200
  A friendly tech-forum foxaudioresearch@gmail.com - 2015-12-06 06:17 -0800
    Re: A friendly tech-forum Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2015-12-06 16:24 +0200
  Re: A friendly tech-forum "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-12-06 22:57 -0500
    Re: A friendly tech-forum Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2015-12-07 06:58 +0200
      Re: A friendly tech-forum JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> - 2015-12-07 08:34 -0800
        Re: A friendly tech-forum Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2015-12-07 19:40 +0200
          Re: A friendly tech-forum hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-12-09 18:31 -0800
        Re: A friendly tech-forum rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-12-07 12:48 -0500
      Re: A friendly tech-forum Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-12-07 18:44 +0100
        Re: A friendly tech-forum rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-12-07 12:56 -0500
          Re: A friendly tech-forum Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-12-07 19:19 +0100
            Re: A friendly tech-forum "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-12-08 02:02 -0500
          Re: A friendly tech-forum JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> - 2015-12-07 10:26 -0800
            Re: A friendly tech-forum jacko <jackokring@gmail.com> - 2015-12-07 11:19 -0800
            Re: A friendly tech-forum Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-12-07 23:41 +0100
              Re: A friendly tech-forum "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-12-08 02:36 -0500
              Re: A friendly tech-forum "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-12-13 14:14 +1100
                Re: A friendly tech-forum hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-12-12 20:59 -0800
                Re: A friendly tech-forum "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-12-15 23:52 +1100
                Re: A friendly tech-forum "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-12-15 08:16 -1000
                Re: A friendly tech-forum "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-12-16 12:55 +1100
          Re: A friendly tech-forum Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2015-12-07 21:49 +0200
            Re: A friendly tech-forum jacko <jackokring@gmail.com> - 2015-12-07 18:53 -0800
              Re: A friendly tech-forum Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2015-12-08 07:09 +0200
                Re: A friendly tech-forum "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-12-08 02:52 -0500
            Re: A friendly tech-forum "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-12-08 03:00 -0500
              Re: A friendly tech-forum Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2015-12-08 10:22 +0200
                Re: A friendly tech-forum rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-12-08 13:15 -0500
            Re: A friendly tech-forum visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2015-12-08 19:15 -0800
              Re: A friendly tech-forum Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2015-12-09 08:12 +0200
                Re: A friendly tech-forum rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-12-09 01:50 -0500
                Re: A friendly tech-forum mhx@iae.nl - 2015-12-08 23:40 -0800
                Re: A friendly tech-forum Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2015-12-09 10:01 +0200
                Re: A friendly tech-forum Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2015-12-09 11:15 +0000
        Re: A friendly tech-forum Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2015-12-07 21:48 +0200
        Re: A friendly tech-forum "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-12-08 01:53 -0500
      Re: A friendly tech-forum "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-12-08 01:50 -0500
        Re: A friendly tech-forum Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2015-12-08 08:55 +0200
        Re: A friendly tech-forum rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-12-08 01:57 -0500
          Re: A friendly tech-forum Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-12-08 20:32 +0100
            Re: A friendly tech-forum rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-12-08 15:27 -0500
      Re: A friendly tech-forum Alfred Singlestone <vitonis@gmail.com> - 2015-12-10 04:24 -0800
      Re: A friendly tech-forum Alfred Singlestone <vitonis@gmail.com> - 2015-12-10 04:52 -0800
        Re: A friendly tech-forum rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-12-11 01:31 -0500
          Re: A friendly tech-forum Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2015-12-11 10:05 +0200
            Re: A friendly tech-forum Alfred Singlestone <vitonis@gmail.com> - 2015-12-11 04:59 -0800
            Re: A friendly tech-forum krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2015-12-11 05:32 -0800
              Re: A friendly tech-forum Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2015-12-12 18:26 +0200
                Re: A friendly tech-forum krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2015-12-12 08:46 -0800
                Re: A friendly tech-forum Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2015-12-12 19:00 +0200
            Re: A friendly tech-forum rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-12-11 15:13 -0500

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