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[Bob Zumbrunnen]

I could be wrong, but I don't think what Jim's trying to say or do smacks of protecting people from themselves or blocking out dissenting views.

I strongly agree, but *only* in his case. Plug anyone but Jim into the equation and see what you get. Though I think I know one person who would be excluded eventually by what he's proposing, if you throw that out, it'd work fine because it's Jim. He's much like Mani at the AMD board on SI. Fair-minded and would handle the responsibilities correctly. Except for one of the exclusions I can almost guarantee would happen. One of the people "targeted" in that discussion is also someone I personally find extremely annoying and I don't welcome their presence, though I won't say who.

Now imagine Franchwa Goelo in such a position of control. Who would've been banned from posting about ZSUN, SEVU, BLPT, etc? What would've happened to the majority of "serious investors" in those companies as a result? Would we have enabled their financial slaughter? This is the "slippery slope" I alluded to earlier.

Actually, if it hasn't already been done, I'd love to see a survey on the IDCC board to the effect of "If we could exclude Onceinalifetime from posting to this board, should we?" And a separate survey for each other person many in the group would like to see removed.