On 2019 Sep 16 19:24:36, you wrote to me:

 ml>> generally speaking, the echo's rules postings would state what the
 ml>> access should be for the echo... back in the day, operators would
 ml>> turn on areas and restrict them to the operator's access until they
 ml>> saw the rules for access or were told what the access should be...
 ml>> then the operator would adjust the areas' access level accordingly...
 ml>> generally, echo rules were posted monthly on a set schedule... this
 ml>> is not necessarily so any more and some areas don't post any rules at
 ml>> all...

 LL> Do you honestly think trolls give a flying fuck about rules?

of course not... the correlation is criminals ignoring the law...

besides, you don't have a leg to stand on if your access is removed by the
operator(s) of the system(s) you use... they are the main ones to enforce the
rules...

)\/(ark

Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set
them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
... Take my hand, I'm a stranger in Fidoland
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