Erik (and other sysops),

I like the sound bite I heard from Jessee (The Governor) Ventura recently:

(Paraphrasing) "Government should only do for people what they can't do for themselves."

When I get tired of WWF I hit the Off button. I can do that here too. Moving the thread to Chatter is all that was necessary.



>Most of us (Sysops) have pretty strong feelings about the proceedings here, but realize that intervention can cause more trouble than it's worth. Past brushes with bans, thread freezing, and thread removal have shown that a policy that utilizes these powers upsets many more people than officially ignoring this garbage does. This is apparent from reaction here, as well as threads in other VFP forums and personal conversations with former members at VFP conferences.
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>For the most part, the people involved in these recent threads have involved themselves in the 'action'. The parties that do not wish to participate can duck out, and before long, the fire dies out. The 'offenders' are left to be judged by the public on the basis of their actions and words, and this is the way it should be.
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>Recent enhancements to the UT interface allow non-technical categories to be ignored. Given, the most recent thread in question started in a technical category, but I moved it to Chatter, where it belonged in the first place. If you don't like it, ignore it- that's what this feature is for.
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>I first disagreed with this standpoint, but after the ability to ignore non-technical categories was implemented, those of us who are less tolerant really have no room to complain. Freedom of Speech is a powerful right that comes with a cost- sometimes you'll hear things that you don't want to hear. It takes a measure of responsibility on both the speaker and the listener's sides: the speaker should do his best to govern his words because he yields a powerful sword, and the listener should learn to ignore, or to take a statement for what its worth: sometimes nothing.