From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,630c12e823d1bdf4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-05 19:19:22 PST Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 00:50:04 +0800 From: Adrian Hoe User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i586; en-US; rv:0.9.4.1) Gecko/20020314 Netscape6/6.2.2 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Hijacking a Thread was RE: New Ada compiler for .NET References: <1040653133.613605@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: akh-131-216.tm.net.my X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: akh-131-216.tm.net.my Message-ID: <3e18f3f3_1@news.tm.net.my> X-Trace: news.tm.net.my 1041822707 akh-131-216.tm.net.my (6 Jan 2003 11:11:47 +0800) Organization: TMnet Malaysia Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!uunet!ash.uu.net!news1.tm.net.my Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32594 Date: 2003-01-06T00:50:04+08:00 List-Id: Hyman Rosen wrote: > Ingo Marks wrote: > >> As you see the hijackers talk about ethics but don't care about it :-) > > > As you see, the discussion is actually about power and control, > and what happens when someone refuses to follow the rules of > good behavior expected by the community. In an unmoderated group > like this, everyone is victimized by people who are posting > off-topic. The only solution is to use force - make the group > moderated, or appeal to the posters' ISPs. > Isn't America the land of FREEDOM??? I find off-topic entertaining, sometime. Agree not? -- type Dmitry is new Adrian; -- Adrian Hoe -- http://adrianhoe.com -- Remove *nospam* to email