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On 26 Sep 19  08:07:04, David Drummond said the following to Nick Andre:

DD>  NA> After all, its just free speech, right? And I'm sure you wouldn't mind
DD> hitting
DD>  NA> the Next key thousands of times to skip all my crap?
DD> 
DD> I'm sure we'd find a way to filter it - or just drop the echo.

Ahhhh but it appears that you mention whenever anyone complains about trolls,
to just hit the Next key. "We" shouldn't have to filter anything?

If above, pressing Next a thousand times would be annoying to you, and you
would consider filtering or dropping the echo, then logically it must mean
that at some point, mentally there is a "line" between what you consider
acceptable or not from an individual. Mellow as I know you are, there is an
annoyance factor when pressing Next is no longer effective.

I'm trying to illustrate that Fido is a small enough network where there does 
not need to be trolls, or nannies enforcing rules. We should be mature enough 
to co-exist and not have someone running a "free speech" system, because 
only to prove that he can, and where the sole output is trolling.

I can "prove" I can usurp the Fidonews echo. Totally and thoroughly trash it 
and *nobody* will want to ever connect to it again. Do I need to prove it? 
Many Sysops will likely tell me, "no". Why? Because I'm not a dick... I 
respect my fellow Sysops enough that I do not need to prove Free Speech.

That is why the troll needs to go. Its not a free speech thing. Its a you're
pissing off your fellow Sysops and tarnishing the enjoyment of Fido thing.

Many popular Internet social media or chat sites have clear policies against
trolling, some ISP's have them as well. Why should Fido be any different?

Nick

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