>>Online forums are "hot" places at times. Many people, whether in forums or even in e-mail, have wished that they could change a message after they have sent it. UT affords that luxury. Yet a person may be penalized anyway! This is hardly sensible and can EASILY be prevented by requiring the offended person to reply as such to the message before they launch a complaint. This not only serves to "freeze" the message forever but it also give the originator a chance to change it if the offended person elects not to reply.
>>Any complaint should be based on the message as it NOW reads and not as it once read.
>>
>>Cheers from a convicted obscenist
>
>I assume you refer to Sergey's more recent proposal Re: Updating a message Thread #943834 Message #943963, rather than to his initial proposal Re: Updating a message Thread #943834 Message #943845.
>
>I reacted to his initial proposal. His more recent proposal is okay.

I believe one should be accountable for what he says, as such, if you post something and no one has read it, then its OK to change what you said. But if someone has read it, then you shouldn't be able to change it without letting people know what has happened.

Jim, I'll have to disagree with you on this one, forums are hot places, but the medium, written word, gives you the opprtunity to: a) cool down before replying b) think your answer before clicking the 'post' button.