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Thu >Jun 18 16:41:40 1998 >>Received: (qmail 20083 invoked by uid 505); 18 Jun 1998 23:41:36 -0000 >>Mailing-List: contact 12-step-free-help@...; run by ezmlm >>Precedence: list >>X-URL: http://www.findmail.com/list/12-step-free/ >>X-Mailing-List: 12-step-free@... >>Delivered-To: mailing list 12-step-free@... >>Received: (qmail 20061 invoked by uid 7770); 18 Jun 1998 23:41:34 -0000 >>Received: from imo28.mx.aol.com (198.81.17.72) >> by vault.findmail.com with SMTP; 18 Jun 1998 23:41:34 -0000 >>Received: from MyJourneyy@... >> by imo28.mx.aol.com (IMOv14_b1.1) id XGNAa17153 >> for ; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 19:40:57 -0400 (EDT) >> >>Message-ID: >>Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 19:40:57 EDT >>To: 12-step-free@... >>Mime-Version: 1.0 >>Subject: Re: newgroup is gettin' to be a waste o' time >>Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >>Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit >>X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 16-bit for Windows sub 38 >> >>Hi all! I meant to subscribe earlier but as most of you saw, I was >kind of >>occupied <g>. Bette forwarded me this thread about moderating the >newsgroup >>so that I could see what had been said before I jumped in and ran my >mouth. >> >>Anyway, I know some of you may not take this seriously as you probably >>consider me part of the problem. I agree that my behavior the last >couple of >>days has been atrocious and I apologize to anyone who was offended. >But, I am >>against moderating the newsgroup for a variety of reasons and as a >regular >>poster there (who aside from this week, really does contribute), I >wanted to >>give you my perspective. >> >>1. Believe it or not, crossposting helps people. I left the 12-steps >and >>started posting to arf12s because of a very similar situation. While I >wasn't >>in the flame war, I read a pretty serious dispute between the two >groups with >>Reese, Ken, and in the lead. That's when I realized what I did >and >>didn't want. I didn't want the 12 steps and I didn't want to be like >the >>people who were posting from arna. And since the people from arf12s >made >>sense, I thought I'd give something else a try. Without crossposting, >I never >>would have known there was another way. (I'd heard of RR and SMART, of >>course, but I believed the propaganda about them) There have been >several >>people who have said the same thing so I know that it's not just me. I >would >>gladly wade through the bullshit so that someone who needed to hear the >>message, heard it. I had given up hope. Crossposting changed that. >> >>2. Censorship is wrong. Anyone who doesn't have a killfile or filter >can >>skip the posts that they don't want to read. I don't think anyone >should have >>the power to determine what everyone else *should* read. It just feels >like >>communism to me. Personally, I would like to determine how much crap I >read, >>not someone else. What's crap to one person may be helpful to another. >Where >>do you draw the line? What's likely happen is that certain people are >going >>to get filtered automatically and even if they ever did a serious post, >no one >>would see it. And what if those of us who are regulars get into a >>disagreement? There are people on arf12s that piss me off. Do I have >to >>watch what I post to make it past the censors? I just don't like it. >> >>3. It's lame. Granted, Reese and others (myself included >occasionally) take >>some things *way* too far but I do believe that fair is fair (to an >extent). >>Captainusa, Markus, and others regularly post anti-12 step stuff to >arna and >>araa. When they want to retalliate (not that I condone vengeance) are >we >>going to say, " Na na na, you can't post here. " I fell like I'm in the >3rd >>grade. It almost seems like we can give it but we can't take it. One >could >>effectively argue that we wanted to protect ourselves from hearing >opposing >>viewpoints. >> >>4. Some of the biggest assholes turn out to be great assets to the >newsgroup. >>(No, I'm not talking about Reese, I don't expect a change of heart from >him) >>But, there have been 2 or 3 people who have viciously attacked me for >leaving >>the fellowship. One of them responded to almost every post of mine in >a rude >>way. Weeks later, he read Trimpey's book and realized that there may >be a >>better way. He started posting to arf12s and has a lot of good >insights. The >>others didn't convert but they did become more understanding and I >think it >>helped bridge the gap between steppers and non-steppers. To me, it >doesn't so >>much matter what program a person chooses. We all have the same >problem and >>we all need help. I don't think all the animosity is necessary. >> >>5. For those who think the newsgroup is too " harsh " , there are >censored list >>servers. We have this one, x-aa, addict-l, smart, etc. Those who >don't want >>all the crap have plenty of places to post. But for those of us who >like some >>of the crossposting and who think it can help people, can't we have one >place >>where we are free to post as we please? I notice that a lot of people >who are >>for moderation haven't been on the newsgroup that long. Which means >you've >>only seen the bad side of crossposting. This particular flame war was >pretty >>pathetic but some of them are really good. When it doesn't digress >into >>namecalling, it's a wonderful way to see other views and either >strengthen or >>re-evaluate your own. >> >>Anyway, I am adamantly against moderating the newsgroup but if I'm >outvoted >>there is nothing I can do. I would like to suggest though, that if you >are >>really serious about it, can we consider having 2 newsgroups? That >way, those >>who want it moderated can go there and those who don't can stay as is. >Or, if >>it comes down to it, anyone know how I can start a newsgroup? <g> >> >>Thanks for listening. >> >>Kim >> >> >>---- >>Read this list on the Web at http://www.FindMail.com/list/12-step-free/ >>To unsubscribe, email to 12-step-free-unsubscribe@... >>To subscribe, email to 12-step-free-subscribe@... >>-- >>Start a FREE E-Mail List at http://makelist.com ! >> > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > >---- >Read this list on the Web at http://www.FindMail.com/list/12-step-free/ >To unsubscribe, email to 12-step-free-unsubscribe@... >To subscribe, email to 12-step-free-subscribe@... >-- >Start a FREE E-Mail List at http://makelist.com ! > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---- Read this list on the Web at http://www.FindMail.com/list/12-step-free/ To unsubscribe, email to 12-step-free-unsubscribe@... 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