Hello Bob,   
      
   BOB KLAHN -> LEE LOFASO was thinking very hard :   
    BK>   ...   
      
    BF>>> The users decide what they want to see in the echo, and I will never   
    BK> try   
    LL>> to   
    BF>>> influence their choices. To the big dismay for the Khontrol freaks   
    BK> in the   
    BF>>> Troika. If they didn't like it, they could easily vote with their   
    BK> feet --   
    BF>>> but that wasn't good enough for them; they wanted it all. All the   
    BF>>> collateral damage was unimportant.   
      
    LL>> Exactly!  And that is the true spirit of democracy in   
    LL>> action! "What do the people want?"  That is the question   
    LL>> what should always be asked, and to be remembered.  A   
    LL>> moderator should always seek to help facilitate debate, not   
    LL>> to hinder it.   
      
   BK>I would amend that to exclude personal attacks. When personal   
   BK>attacks are allowed personal attacks take over.   
      
   Designated flame echoes must allow personal attacks, as there   
   can be no rules (with one exception) in such echoes.  The only rule   
   that exists (whether stated or unstated) in all fidonet echoes is   
   "no illegal activity", or words to that effect.  That would include   
   in designated flame echoes.   
      
   However, I would tend to agree with your original statement, as   
   noted in P4 the implication being if personal attacks are allowed   
   by some then personal attacks are allowed for all meaning in effect   
   for all practical purposes that echo is or has become a designated   
   flame echo.   
      
   --Lee   
      
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