Michael Rigby-Jones wrote:
> Bob,
>
> I'm genuinely confused reading this thread; I'm sure I have missed
> something.  Do you consider race and minority to be synonymous? Is it
> racist to refer to someone as being in a minority?
>
> Mike

Bob is is hypocrite. He is one of those busybodies who feel the need to=20
control others, so he clawed (or complained, or whatever) his way to power=
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and uses it to persecute people whose views he cannot tolerate. People whom=
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he persecutes are generally non-conformists, whose views are in the=20
minority. Does it make him a racist? No, but a bigot for sure.

Bob's constant abuse is the single biggest factor why I stopped posting to=
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the list, and reverted to being a lurker (I'm sure he is rejoicing as he is=
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reading this: it's exactly what he was trying to get me to do). It's just=20
not worth my time anymore to fight his double standards. He decides what is=
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"appropriate" (political ideas he agrees with), he defines "appropriate"=20
behavior (it's OK for *him* to call people 'scum'), he can put people on=20
moderation, but he himself is above the law. The worst part is -- there is=
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no recourse, and thus no hope for change. The other admins are either in=20
cahoots with Bob, or spineless.

If admins are really "governing with the consent of the governed", I dare=20
them to call for a referendum. The same kind that got Bob the moderator sea=
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in the first place.

Wishful thinking, I know. :-)

Vitaliy

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