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Re: OMG!

<penman-no-spam@cotse.com> wrote in message
news:988080232.3ae4e8687a6cb@webmail.cotse.com...
> Hmmm....a viewpoint you disagree with and we "pullute" (sic) the
> newsgroup?  Free speech is a concept some people must disagree
> with.  I'd mention fair play, but we know where that stand with
> regards to copyright for some folk here.  Agree or disagree with
> me, (and don't start again with "he never contributes" tirade, you
> know that's not true :) ) but to killfile keeps you from hearing any
> discourse other than those you absolutely agree with--sounds like
> that perfect totalitarian society you must be yearning for.

What a ridiculous argument.  Free speech does not mean you have to listen.

We all censor things all the time, individually.  Do you read every magazine
that arrives at your local Borders?  No?  Why?  Are you only interested in
reading magazines that relate to topics you like?

Of course you are.

Do you watch Christian religious broadcasts or read Christian periodicals?
How about Jewish ones?  Muslim?  Do you only read the ones for your
particular faith?  Or do you read none at all?

This sort of thing goes on all the time.  It isn't censorship; it's
selection.

So when I killfile some dufus like Quantum Cat, it's not because I disagree
with him/her/it/whatever.  I disagree with lots of people.  I killfile him
because he's clearly a ranting idiot, and I frankly have better things to do
with my time.  Time has a value.  It's different for everybody of course,
but I value mine highly.

As an example of this, although I disagree with you I have not killfiled
you, because (at least in this post) you're managing more than insulting
gibberish.  (You might consider looking up the definition of "totalitarian"
though; I don't think it means what you think it does.)
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