Censorship?!?

Heydrich · 07-16-2003, 04:54 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />The knowledge of one emminently qualified collector was questioned in a rude manner by an obnoxious individual with no credibility whatsoever. The collector chose to leave the forum.<hr /></blockquote>I was that obnoxious individual. And I can’t relate how much I bitterly regret that post I made to Jan Still. Ratdog, let me assure you to the highest order, that the moderators here (especially John Sabato) are extremely fair and objective. John had every right to boot my butt out of the forum, and I would have understood, and he didn’t.

And for everyone’s information, Freedom of Speech rights do not legally apply to Internet sites and BBS systems. You see, back in the 1980s, when BBS (Bulletin Board Systems, for those who were not on the Net back then, I still have my 1200 baud modem from 1988) systems become popular, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling that stated that they are basically a publication, like a magazine or a newspaper. So in effect, the owners of a Web site or BBS can edit the contents as they see fit. This includes content and flaming.

As to Still, I sent him a private e-mail apologizing for what I did, and to my great surprise, he replied and accepted it. The rest of what he wrote to me I’m going to keep to myself. And I’ll be the first to admit that I have no credibility whatsoever when it comes to Lugers, since I only have one, and everything I know about them I’ve learned from this interesting forum.

Come to think of it, that no credibility comment is a great example for why a site needs strong anti-flame rules. Because the unnamed person who is being slammed might actually read that post at one time or another...

07-16-2003, 04:54 PM	#19
Heydrich Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Oregon Posts: 181 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">The knowledge of one emminently qualified collector was questioned in a rude manner by an obnoxious individual with no credibility whatsoever. The collector chose to leave the forum.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">I was that obnoxious individual. And I can’t relate how much I bitterly regret that post I made to Jan Still. Ratdog, let me assure you to the highest order, that the moderators here (especially John Sabato) are extremely fair and objective. John had every right to boot my butt out of the forum, and I would have understood, and he didn’t. And for everyone’s information, Freedom of Speech rights do not legally apply to Internet sites and BBS systems. You see, back in the 1980s, when BBS (Bulletin Board Systems, for those who were not on the Net back then, I still have my 1200 baud modem from 1988) systems become popular, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling that stated that they are basically a publication, like a magazine or a newspaper. So in effect, the owners of a Web site or BBS can edit the contents as they see fit. This includes content and flaming. As to Still, I sent him a private e-mail apologizing for what I did, and to my great surprise, he replied and accepted it. The rest of what he wrote to me I’m going to keep to myself. And I’ll be the first to admit that I have no credibility whatsoever when it comes to Lugers, since I only have one, and everything I know about them I’ve learned from this interesting forum. Come to think of it, that no credibility comment is a great example for why a site needs strong anti-flame rules. Because the unnamed person who is being slammed might actually read that post at one time or another...