From: Reason (reason@exratio.com)
Date: Fri Mar 28 2003 - 22:46:14 MST
> Well, just out of curiousity, with all these nonlabeled vitriolic useless
> flames filling up my Extropians mailbox, I checked my Trash to
> see whether
> *anyone* was still using the IRAQ keyword. And what do you know, all the
> *intelligent* posts were politely using the IRAQ keyword and had
> thus been
> moved to the Trash.
>
> The Law of Unintended Consequences strikes again.
>
> I move to make the inclusion of the IRAQ keyword a mandatory list rule
> enforceable by temporary bans on posting - i.e., anyone who posts an IRAQ
> message without an IRAQ keyword will be asked not to post for two
> days, as
> a gentle reminder. All messages, flames, uncivil retorts and heated
> remarks even loosely related to Iraq should get an IRAQ label, in
> addition
> to any POLITICS or WAR labels. Why? Because I don't want to lose all
> POLITICS posts just to filter out the Iraq flamewar - someone might have
> something real to say at some point. And plonking WAR would also plonk
> "warning", "warm weather" and so on.
>
> Do I hear a second?
Following your logic, wouldn't that then make the problem even worse by
ensuring that you see only lowest of the low trash posts?
Reason
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