Hello Bob,

BOB KLAHN -> LEE LOFASO was thinking very hard :
 BK>   ...

 BF>>> The users decide what they want to see in the echo, and I will never
 BK> try
 LL>> to
 BF>>> influence their choices. To the big dismay for the Khontrol freaks
 BK> in the
 BF>>> Troika. If they didn't like it, they could easily vote with their
 BK> 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.

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

Designated flame echoes must allow personal attacks, as there
can be no rules (with one exception) in such echoes.  The only rule
that exists (whether stated or unstated) in all fidonet echoes is
"no illegal activity", or words to that effect.  That would include
in designated flame echoes.

However, I would tend to agree with your original statement, as
noted in P4 the implication being if personal attacks are allowed
by some then personal attacks are allowed for all meaning in effect
for all practical purposes that echo is or has become a designated
flame echo.

--Lee

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