<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">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</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Nov 1, 2020 at 10:21 AM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Nov 1, 2020 at 2:56 AM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 31/10/2020 22:09, ExiMod wrote:<br>
> Regrettably I have had to place John Clark on moderation as he cannot <br>
> be trusted to post sensibly to Exi-chat.<br>
> This will apply at least until after the election next week.<br>
> John can still read Exi-chat, but his posts will be queued awaiting <br>
> approval before posting.<br>
> Delays will be unpredictable, depending on other commitments.<br>
><br>
> Note: This does not apply to Extropolis, where there are no restrictions.<br>
><br>
> ExiMod<br>
<br>
I have to express my objection to this, as John's post (that apparently <br>
triggered this) was not about american politics, it was about the <br>
running of the Exi-Chat list.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>No, it was about American politics too.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>As often, XKCD has a strip about this sort of fallacy: <a href="https://xkcd.com/2368/" target="_blank">https://xkcd.com/2368/</a> . The alt-text/mouseover-text is particularly relevant here.</div></div></div>
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