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 BF>> The users decide what they want to see in the echo, and I will never try
 LL> to
 BF>> influence their choices. To the big dismay for the Khontrol freaks in the
 BF>> Troika. If they didn't like it, they could easily vote with their feet --
 BF>> but that wasn't good enough for them; they wanted it all. All the
 BF>> collateral damage was unimportant.

 LL> Exactly!  And that is the true spirit of democracy in
 LL> action! "What do the people want?"  That is the question
 LL> what should always be asked, and to be remembered.  A
 LL> moderator should always seek to help facilitate debate, not
 LL> to hinder it.

 I would amend that to exclude personal attacks. When personal
 attacks are allowed personal attacks take over.



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