response 25 of 46:

Aug 7 11:00 UTC 1996

Selena, this is the "what grex gets right", not "what selena gets right" item.

response 27 of 46:

Aug 7 13:12 UTC 1996

   i like the way grex's users are mostly civil and erudite.

response 29 of 46:

Aug 7 13:51 UTC 1996

Rarely?

response 31 of 46:

Aug 7 15:11 UTC 1996

Mary>  ITems are censored, rightly so, if they contain information of a
clearly destructive nature, i.e., "Sex orgy at Popcorn's house!  Everyone come
on down Saturday afternoon, here's her address: ------" (that should be an
e.g, not an i.e., and this example is based on something that happeened on
MNet, but not to Popcorn).

*brighn swacks scott*  Grex volunteer staff are good at reminding us that they
are volunteers by saying rude vindictive things that would get an employee
fired for saying to a client.

response 33 of 46:

Aug 7 18:54 UTC 1996

  Mary, I was thinking of an incident a year ago, when mju censored an
Agora response because he thought it violated the law.  That's the only
time I can recall staff "censorship."  It's also nice that Grexers don't
enter things like Paul mentioned to test the limits.  :-)

response 35 of 46:

Aug 7 21:33 UTC 1996

Re: #33  Ah, I thought so.  I don't consider staff removing text
that is clearly in violation of the law a form of censorship.
Oh, I guess it is technically, but it's not a form of censorship
I'd be concerned about.  Grex has an obligation to stay within
the law. 

I too am very pleased that the Grex staff/Board doesn't try to solve
people problems or avoid controversial topics/discussion by censoring
text. 

response 37 of 46:

Aug 7 23:49 UTC 1996

re 32:
        In order to preserve my sanity, both here and at work, I've had to just
come to the conclusion that system administration is a very thankless job.
In the eyes of lots of users, anything that doesn't work is the system
administrator's fault, while anythign that does work is evidence that the
system administrator isn't needed.

response 39 of 46:

Aug 8 05:03 UTC 1996

  Re 35, in the case in question, most people felt the text didn't
violate the law, but mju did, and that was that.  Ironically, I've
seen posts that do violate laws (copyright laws) go unquestioned.

response 41 of 46:

Aug 8 14:46 UTC 1996

Thanks, Sarah!

response 43 of 46:

Aug 8 16:31 UTC 1996

True Rob... case in pint, Sexuality II's "Whistle While You Work", where
people tell what they're listening to, and plenty of posts (including my own)
quote song lyrics.  Then again, there are entire items in Music or whatever
dedicated to posting your favorite song lyrics, and it's even more prevalent
on other BBSs.
(point, not pint =} )
(lest y'
all think i'm a hypocrite between here and the Web browser item, i quote
lyrics with proper attribution, never without, and the latter is my concern..
I don't care if 5 million copies of my poems appear worldwide, as long as they
all have my name on them =} )

I believe the issue is
(a) deleting posts that someone may actually sue over -- I hardly think Tom
Petty is going to bother suing a small AA BBS because someone said "You got
lucky babe, when I found you" in a post.
(b) deleting posts that may actually cause harm -- "scg is a big jerk and
anyone who thinks pigeons should be allowed to eat broccilli should join me
in the fight for cityfowl rights with a baseball bat outside his home, at
*give address* on *give date and time*.  Wear your favorite tutu, so he knows
we're in this as a group, as he gasps his dying breaths."

Beyond that, I don't think Grex can or should patrol -- there are too many
small laws to be broken.

response 45 of 46:

Sep 1 21:30 UTC 1996

Hey,,, I like Grex, too!  Its a friendly community, educational at times,
fun, relaxing, etc.  I just wish I still lived in the area to participate
in more of the AA activities!