>>>it is the authors - not Steve - who has the sole right to control read access<<
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>The fallacy of this argument can be demonstrated by Steve with a .5 inch movement of his extended finger on the server's power switch.
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Note that I distinguished right from power. Steve has the power to do what he wants. Ethically and morally - whether he has the right to do so is debateable. Given that there would be no consequences - I suppose he would have the right as well.
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He chooses to make the wiki available. He does not charge except by donation. He allows anonymous access. He decided that. Because he can. The wiki is a benevolent dictatorship. It works well for its citizens unless they deliberately set the place on fire or demand representation without taxation.
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OK...
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I also wonder whether you may be a wee bit paranoid. I was typing at the same time as you when one of your posts "disappeared". A yellow box does come up to warn you that it might happen. I think it was Mike Helland did it to the both of us.
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Not paranoid at all. Steve admitted to Rod that he deleted the posts.
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