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[Eric Dierker <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I get your point and it was well said and historically correct.
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> On 09:48 28/07/03, Eric Dierker said:
>>While Roberto uses funny ids, JW refuses to give out references.
>>Yet if I remember correctly Roberto sponsered the censorship on the GA.
>>Techies are a strange group.
> 
> Roberto dis not sponsor censorship. He made an interesting move: he
> create  a filtered copy of the GA list for those wishing to use it. The
> mistake he  did (he his the first one to acknowldge it) is that he made
> the filtered  list the default. So it was perceived by some as a
> censoring instead of a  value added service. If I am correct Karl was
> among those who protested and  left the list. Since then, things have
> clarified. This solution is probably  the best one, but it requires the
> dedication of the watchdogs.
> 
> One result was that JW or others started to copy scores of supposed 
> subscribers to the filtered list when they were banned from it. So when
> you  are subcribed to the full GA you received several copies of the
> same post.