On 22 Feb 2015 14:09:59 -0500, "
black...@aol.com"
The problem comes when moderators have to decide what are "irrational
ideas."
Peter and I could run this newsgroup like a peer-reviewed scholarly
journal, sending each post to referees who would decide whether it's
sound, and a contribution to the literature on the assassination.
Frankly, we don't want to go to that much trouble. So it's up to the
readers of the group to decide who is rational, and who is not.
You may have noticed that, on other online forums, people are always
getting banned. We don't ban anybody here, although we reject some
posts.
I can think of some people who maybe *should* be banned. But then the
banning becomes an issue in itself, and further distracts from
discussion of the assassination. And the banning always seems to be
(to a large extent) arbitrary.
I would suggest (again) that you might want to get a real news client
(Agent, Thunderbird, or such) and simply killfile posters whose posts
you find to be a waste of time. You and I probably agree on who those
folks are.
.John
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