Re: Challenge to CG Learn
  By: David Drummond to Joe Delahaye on Sun Jul 24 2016 08:29 pm

 DD> On a selective basis. Why is a deny access rule to be obeyed more than an 
 DD> ensure access rule. Fidonet is about communication, not elitist snobbery.

 DD> Or is elitist snobbery what it IS about for you?

Most likely, it's the "not my house" rule. Sysops in the past always used the
"BBS as an extension of their home" analogy -- I wouldn't let you swear in my
house, so no swearing on the BBS. I wouldn't let you into my house without a
verified home address and telephone number, so the same goes for the BBS...

Well, maybe not the latter. But, I hope you get my point. While sysops are in a
loose coalition to share information, many feel that the right of the sysop
running his/her system overrides the guidelines of the network as a whole.

And, to keep things in perspective, we are talking about a guideline in an echo
to "encourage access to all users", and preventing one user from accessing an
echo from one system - not a wholesale ban of the user from the echo as a
whole.
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