And what's the alternative? I should "out" him? That's not my prerogative, either.
I have been a member of amps since its inception, and while I disagree with prior restraint of speech, I think its series of moderators have acted with great self-control in the face of extraordinary provocation. I believe the previous moderator resigned at least in part because of the private vitriol directed at him.
I'm done now - if you guys are going to run an amps reflector, talk amps.
73, Pete N4ZR
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At 11:45 AM 9/20/2006, Mike(W5UC) & Kathy(K5MWH) wrote:
Pete, I guess you do what you think you must do, BUT, I have a lot of trouble with the idea that someone operates an “open” forum and feels the need to hide. That concept really bothers me. I post my name and callsign every time I post to a reflector, and I am very suspicious about the intentions of someone who feels the need to hide in the shadows.
73,
Mike, W5UC
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From: ham_amplifiers@... [mailto:ham_amplifiers@...] On Behalf Of Pete Smith
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 9:26 AM
To: ham_amplifiers@...
Subject: Re: [ham_amplifiers] Censorship/Administrator
I am going to respect his anonymity.
73, Pete N4ZR
At 08:32 AM 9/20/2006, Jan Erik Holm wrote:
OK it isn?t W8JI, who is it?
73 SM2EKM
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Pete Smith wrote:
This may be my first and last post on this list, but I wanted to clear
a few misconceptions:
Tom Rausch is not the Admin of Amps. I'm not either ;^)
W4AN was not a fan of free speech - he replaced me as Admin of
Towertalk when I refused to censor posts there; this is not a knock on
Bill, just a difference of philosophy.
I run a local community affairs mailing list with only two rules - sign
your real name and maintain basic civility - keep it substantive, not
personal. In 6 years, I've had to ban one person for a week. A
parallel list has no such rules, and has disintegrated into ugly name-
calling.
From what I have read, such a regime on amps would have worked pretty
well, though the Admin would have had to ban a few people.
73, Pete Smith N4ZR
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