[ExI] owwwww, dang

[William Flynn Wallace]

Well, all I can say re moderation is that if John is affected, several of
us who answered on the same thread should be in moderation too.  I
responded by ignoring what list I was on - I'll try not to do that again.
bill

On Sun, Nov 1, 2020 at 10:21 AM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 1, 2020 at 2:56 AM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> On 31/10/2020 22:09, ExiMod wrote:
>> > Regrettably I have had to place John Clark on moderation as he cannot
>> > be trusted to post sensibly to Exi-chat.
>> > This will apply at least until after the election next week.
>> > John can still read Exi-chat, but his posts will be queued awaiting
>> > approval before posting.
>> > Delays will be unpredictable, depending on other commitments.
>> >
>> > Note: This does not apply to Extropolis, where there are no
>> restrictions.
>> >
>> > ExiMod
>>
>> I have to express my objection to this, as John's post (that apparently
>> triggered this) was not about american politics, it was about the
>> running of the Exi-Chat list.
>
>
> No, it was about American politics too.
>
> It contained a reminder that the US President controls the American
> nuclear launch codes, a point John has hammered repeatedly to underscore
> the urgency and importance of removing Trump from office - implying shame
> upon anyone who does not give their every waking moment and all their
> wealth to defeating Trump (and thus preventing Trump from initiating a
> nuclear war), which was part of the original reason to move politics chat
> to another list.
>
> As often, XKCD has a strip about this sort of fallacy:
> https://xkcd.com/2368/ .  The alt-text/mouseover-text is
> particularly relevant here.
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