On Aug 24, 4:09 pm, "Will Hand"  wrote:
> "Tudor Hughes"  wrote in message
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> On Aug 24, 9:59 am, Dawlish  wrote:
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> > On Aug 24, 2:59 am, Tudor Hughes  wrote:
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> > > On Aug 23, 10:25 am, John Hall  wrote:
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> > > > In article
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> > > > RWood  writes:
> > > > >Members of forums in my country are now citing this one as the worst
> > > > >of all when it comes to constant moaning. It is in serious need of
> > > > >moderators.
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> > > > Even if this newsgroup could be converted into a moderated one, surely
> > > > it wouldn't be the purpose of a moderator to prevent moaning? A
> > > > moderator's job is normally seem as being to reject abusive and
> > > > off-topic posts, and moaning about the weather doesn't fall under
> > > > either
> > > > of those categories..
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> > > > The group must be doing something right if New Zealanders are so
> > > > interested in it.
> > > > --
> > > > John Hall
> > > > "Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history
> > > > that man can never learn anything from history."
> > > > George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
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> > > This group doesn't need moderators most of the time but one use for
> > > them readily springs to mind.
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> > If we had moderators (perish the thought; moderation is ruining other
> > sites by stifling discussion and imposing artificial moralities which
> > now exist only on those sites, via the collective minds of the
> > moderators) you would have perished Tudor. The calling of another
> > contributor a c*** would have initiated an automatic ban on every
> > weather forum on the Internet except for this ng. If you persist in
> > your innuendo, you must expect to be reminded of your failings.- Hide
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>        I threw in a piece of rope and sure enough you hanged
> yourself.  The point is that you have actually been banned from
> certain groups and it is just faintly possible that the fault lies not
> with the moderators thereof but with yourself.  Get a mirror.
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> Tudor Hughes.
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> I wonder what on earth Paul did to get banned?
> Surely it takes a lot to get banned?
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> Will
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Actually, Will, it really doesn't, as I've said above. *>))

Tudor, W and my stalker wouldn't last 2 minutes, doing what they do! I
lasted over 4000 posts on each of the websites, before a few (ahem),
differences of opinion with the wrong people finally got me into
trouble! Email me and I'll tell you why!

Lovely out now in Dawlish.

Paul