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I am very sorry but...

May 4, 2006 2:34AM PDT
Rob Boyter needs to be stopped.

Every vitriolic post of his I will be reporting as offensive with the modalert button.

Do something about him Lee.

Don Erickson
Mr.California Republican

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I say let him be...
May 4, 2006 2:41AM PDT

Every obnoxious post by him discredits his "side" immeasurably.

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Better to just
May 4, 2006 2:56AM PDT

NOT read his postsSad

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(NT) (NT) Ok - the titles are just as rancid
May 4, 2006 2:58AM PDT
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use this email to send email to mods
May 4, 2006 3:01AM PDT

semods4@yahoo.com
after they get few they will request lee koos give hime a time out in corner

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Dream on
May 4, 2006 3:50AM PDT

The Mods have some sort of "don't want to push him over the edge" kid glove treatment for his garbage spew posts. Sad

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wake up call for evie!!!
May 4, 2006 5:12AM PDT

to the best of my knowledge, you do NOT have access to the various moderator mail boxes...

therefore you do NOT have access to mod alerts...

and furthermore, you do NOT have the faintest glimmer of proof to back up your (rather ludicrous) statement!


if YOU have a problem with ANY post in this (or any other) forum, please feel frre to drop a line....

se mods email
jonah
general mod alert/offensive post


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I concur with Evie,
May 4, 2006 5:15AM PDT

given some of the responses from mods, it is clear (at least to myself and Evie) that she is correct

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(NT) (NT) It does appear this way, Mods
May 4, 2006 5:17AM PDT
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(NT) (NT) I'm talking about the private responses, not on the boa
May 4, 2006 5:19AM PDT
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(NT) (NT) Based on what?
May 4, 2006 1:39PM PDT
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Where did you see that in Evies post???
May 4, 2006 5:16AM PDT

Nothing of the kind was mentioned! Wake up call for you, set aside your personal feelings for the members here!!!! And please, no snide comments are needed from you to me! I already know how you feel about me!

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I agree with Jonah
May 4, 2006 11:50AM PDT

As far as Rob, who next will it be to pick on if he desides to go? I also do not like many of his comments and post, and especially being critical of my Government and a President whom I support. However, we are still supposedly a Democracy with freedom of speech or we can treat him like Senator McCarthy(sp) treated people in the early 50's, who early on I supported back then.

When he violates the TOS, then a email to the Mods is in order. Like has been mentioned....tune him out of your clicking to read...I have on occasion.

JR

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Clarification.......I early on supported Sen McCarthy
May 4, 2006 11:54AM PDT

not Communism.

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(NT) (NT) Were those the only choices John?
May 4, 2006 1:44PM PDT
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Apart from that...
May 4, 2006 1:37PM PDT

I believe it is up to the mods to ban/kick out any member and Rob hasn't said anything that makes him a candidate for that AFAIK.

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Like they have with you?
May 4, 2006 1:39PM PDT

This is a forum and all opinions (except those that violate the law) are or should be accepted.

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Wrong! Read the TOS, or the Lee Koo item which is
May 4, 2006 2:26PM PDT

constantly resurfaced.

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(NT) (NT) All that would do is end this board
May 4, 2006 3:51AM PDT
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(NT) (NT) Or force rob into compliance with the TOS or LETTER
May 4, 2006 4:02AM PDT
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No, it would end this board
May 4, 2006 4:36AM PDT

another case of a bad apple ruining the barrel (empty barrel as it was)

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I am very sorry but...
May 4, 2006 4:11AM PDT

You don't have to agree with a post...but you will have to 'argue' that difference with respect for the other person's opinion.

It must be kept in mind that ''facts'' are often gleaned from different sources, whether main-stream, non-mainstream, blogs, web sites, foreign in origination, etc. All of these can present facts, but the spin and the selection of aspects of a story, although true, can be biased.

We may all trust those that fit our views more, but we also have to realize that there are different points of view while presenting facts. As said before, the opposite view can be posted without insulting remarks about the messenger. The ideal is the ''counter to an argument by using a better argument'', not attacking the messenger.

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A different point of view is fine,
May 4, 2006 4:38AM PDT

but that messenger does nothing but dump boatloads of poo each time

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We all have pet projects
May 4, 2006 4:49AM PDT

Don't read/respond to the ones you consider poo.

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Different opinion is OK
May 4, 2006 1:54PM PDT

as long as he agrees with you?

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In his case,
May 4, 2006 4:51AM PDT

his original posts are commonly vitriolic and insulting. I'm sorry, but I am proud of my country, and his attacks go well beyond criticism of policy decisions. I take insults to my nation personally. If I were to use the same language he uses in describing our President towards another SE member, I would be considered in violation of the TOS.
Also, attempts of mine to use reason to argue, as you suggest, are often met by simple replies that accuse me of being a mindless "FauxNews" devotee, even when I hardly watch it and rarely cite it in my posts. Rather than debating my points, he dismisses them because they are inconvenient.
He is a destructive force on this board, and as such, should be silenced.

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(NT) (NT) Very well said DR
May 4, 2006 5:06AM PDT
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Doesn't have to be silenced,
May 4, 2006 5:17AM PDT

needs to grow up and play like an adult. Perhaps he didn't have enough sandbox time as a child

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Contrary to popular opinion here,
May 4, 2006 2:11PM PDT

the President is not the nation, DR (and Don). I also find it interesting that those who complain about attacks on the current President being insulting to the nation had no problem whatsoever in making even more vitriolic accusations (including personal murder) against the previous President, who was of the other party.

BTW, as I've said before, I think one of the flaws in our system is that we don't have a separate ceremonial, non-political leader. The existence of the Queen of England, the Governor General of Canada, and the President of France eliminate the claims that political attacks on Blair, Harper, or de Villepin are traitorous to the country.

-- Dave K, Speakeasy Moderator
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Hmmmm, Rob would be quite comfortable with a King or Queen
May 4, 2006 2:31PM PDT

in the US. However, we fought a revolution to avoid that situation. I'm surprised that you, like Rob, want us back in the fold as an English possession.

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I didn't say that, KP -- and you know it!
May 4, 2006 11:36PM PDT

>>I'm surprised that you, like Rob, want us back in the fold as an English possession. <<
The French Presidency is an elected position, as is the case in many other nations with separate ceremonial and political leaders.

-- Dave K, Speakeasy Moderator
click here to email semods4@yahoo.com

The opinions expressed above are my own,
and do not necessarily reflect those of CNET!