[LINK] Fyi: RSACi/ICRA developments

[Greg Taylor]

At 19:08 15/03/01 +1100, David Goldstein wrote:
>It's funny how on this list that if you don't agree with the view of
>some you are wrong. Funny how Danny and others here don't consider
>that there can be other opinions on issues such as ICRA and other
>labelling and filtering issues, and that some people can make
>rational informed choices that differ from theirs. And it's funny how
>Danny and others seem to try and browbeat others to their point of
>view.
>...

It's called debate, David.  If you can't stand heat, what are you doing in
the kitchen?  You are asking for a free run to pump out ICRA propaganda
without criticism.  You won't be getting a free run, no matter how much you
bleat when opposing viewpoints are put.  Try replacing Danny with David in
the above paragraph and you might see how pathetic your plea looks from the
other side of the fence.

If those of us who oppose the concept of rating Internet content fail to
point out the flaws in the system, how are people like you and Stephen ever
going to make "rational informed choices"?  You'd be making choices based
on immature analysis and one-sided propaganda.  If you still choose to rate
after listening to opposing views, so be it, but trying to silence dissent
by whining and moaning puts you in the "don't confuse me with facts" camp.
When we have Stephen thinking that an "all zero" rating means he got a
"perfect score", obviously we have a lot more work to do yet (RSACi is
obsolete by the way, Stephen).


Greg

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