Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[augieboo]

"Augie, given your comments above, what do you think of this post: #msg-457404"

I think it, and the post to which it referred, has been deleted for the same reasons I cited previously. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. I was WAY out of line in my post, and I apologize to all here.

"Augie, would you be the poster who was negatively characterized?"

Yes. But that shouldn't matter, should it?

"If so, don't you then have a "moral" obligation to the board to not delete the post?"

Speaking strictly hypothetically now, if someone calls you stupid, clueless, or worthless, do you have a "moral" obligation to let me decide if you should feel insulted? I think not.

More important, is there any conceivable way in which such a personam insults can contribute to a reasoned discussion, whether political or otherwise-focused? Again, I think not.

(:

augie