response 12 of 357:

Jan 9 20:44 UTC 2004

In a reversal of my position on the publicly readable scribble log 
(due to copyright concerns primarily), I'll say this: 
Under absolutely no circumstances should posts which were removed by 
their proper owners be restored, even in the process of restoring 
comments made by others in response to or about those removed posts.

Also, if any posts not made by the users who removed them or 
requested their removal are restored, any quotes of a full sentence 
or more from the properly removed text should also not be restored, 
but should be replaced by something along the lines of:
   [quotation removed by request of original owner/poster]

Richard, your notion of "fairness" is remarkable only for its 
convoluted and self-serving nature.