Thomas Gal writes:
Need implies accepting someone elses constraints. That's a poor
simplification, because 100 people could tell someone that they
"need" to stop posting friviously and harming list progress, and
they can still chose to ignore it if there are no teeth to the
rules.
A discussion forum is a place that, by its very nature, must allow
_open_ communication. It is thus not comparable to individuals
listening to personal stereos in the same room, as intercommunication
between those individuals is not of the essence of their listening
experience. In this latter case, they can easily put on headphones
without impacting their individual experiences; but in the former
case, any attempt to silence one person has an effect not only on him
but on everyone else, by squelching the very activity for which the
discussion forum exists.
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