The internet will always find a way to route around damage - and both censorship and ubiquitous tracking are damage. I have no problem with sites that raise a little bit with ads that don't suck, don't suck bandwidth, and don't suck by assuming if I see the same add 1,000 times I'll be more likely to check them out.
Oh well, med side effects kicking in, gotta go lie down for a bit.
Can't disagree with the suckage of OpenID:-) Look, I really hope you succeed in moving to somewhere else (it's nice north of the border:-) but I really believe you would be helping yourself more by toning it down a bit...
Downmods aren't censorship, not really. The posts are still there, visible for all the world to see if they want to browse at -1, where a lot of the good stuff ends up, at least temporarily. And I've had my run-ins with SJWs, both here and elsewhere, as well as the gay white mafia who think that if you don't toe the LGBT community line you're hurting the "community" - a community that doesn't really understand transsexuals and many of them think transsexuals and cross-dressers are the same thing.
I don't know what adblock does on their forums. If they're deleting your posts there, that's between you and them. My comments were solely directed to the commentator who wrongfully claimed that your posts here had been deleted. Depending on the forum, deleting posts based on particular criteria may be warranted. Take any forum that caters to the general public - people would expect that posts that promote discrimination and.or hatred against a particular person or group based on an immutable characteristic (color, ethnic origin, etc) would earn a smackdown if it were particularly egregious, whereas a forum such as slashdot you wouldn't expect posts to be deleted.
Each site is different, and people are free to choose which ones they participate in - choice is good:-)
As I've pointed out in the past, your repetitive posting 5-10 times to a comment are not designed to go over well. Adblock doesn't have to downmod you - the regular users have expressed their dislike of that practice. Your posts simply aren't visible to anyone browsing at anything above zero. You would have more chance of being heard if you logged in, and posted ONE reply to each point.
On a more personal basis, many of us got into this business to better our lot in life by being paid to do what we like doing, so I get it. Just saying that there are better ways to achieve your desired outcome.
Again, I did not "start anything." It was a thread about censorship of blogs, and someone else brought you up as someone they were sure has had posts deleted because of you repetitious hosts file postings. I used our previous differences as an example of how posts are not deleted. And then I even wrote that you're an ok guy in other areas. That is not attacking you, but again, if you took it that way, I'm sorry I wasn't clearer. I wasn't attacking you yesterday, last week, last month, last year... and I don't have any interest in doing so in the future. As I wrote, this is the Internet... nothing posted online is all that important:-)
Here's the thing - I don't care who tracks me, what they know or think they know about me, or whatever. Advertising can inform me of products but it can't make me buy them. Research first:-) As for the government, I don't care what they know about me - they certainly have my education, work history, medical files, etc. So what? I just don't feel threatened by it. It's different north of the border.
I am not "at it again", and I have no reason to do so. People must have thought I had a screw loose to even dare to write this about you, or assumed my account was hacked:
And I've been known to change my views or admit I was wrong on-line. It's no big deal - it's just the internet. As an example, we're no longer fighting because there's more to life, he's an okay guy on other topics, and what the heck, if you don't like it, just don't browse at -1:-)
Really, re-read the original thread, which was about censorship, and how the person I was replying to chose you as someone they believed so much that your comments should be deleted that they claimed that slashdot WAS deleting them. If you have an axe to grind with anyone today, it's that poster, not me.
Again, how is saying something nice about you an attack on you? The AC was not defending you. They were pointing out that your repetitive postings about host files were a PITA and that they were deleted by slashdot, and I pointed out that they were not. The thread had nothing to do with you - it was about censorship.
You always insist on making it about you. It's not. And it's not about me either, no matter how hard you try to make it that way.
The original post I made in 2010 was to tell people to adopt the same tactics you were using, and continue to use. If you have a problem with that, then the simple solution is for you to stop doing it. I've only made one post anonymously in years, and that was because I wasn't used to the mobile interface. Nothing malignant there. I don't hide behind anonymity.
I did NOT attacked you! Also, if you think I'm posting anonymously, you're just plain wrong, and I have and will continue to be willing to let bygones be bygones. But if you want to continue this, be my guest... keep attacking me, it doesn't affect what others think of me.
Hey, you were doing it to me, but when I told people to do the same to you.... whah whah whah??? Everyone knows you post pretending to be other ACs. You're still doing it even today. And I only got involved recently in ONE reply that someone had already mentioned your posting habits in.
And I've been known to change my views or admit I was wrong on-line. It's no big deal - it's just the internet. As an example, we're no longer fighting because there's more to life, he's an okay guy on other topics, and what the heck, if you don't like it, just don't browse at -1:-)
.... any sort of insult?
I did not "drag you into this" or "stab you in the back." I've already said I'm sorry if you took it that way, but I don't see how saying you're an okay guy on other topics is an attack on you.
Why don't you link to the original post, where I told people to do to you the same thing you were doing to others?
You claim that I'm damaging your reputation, but if you want to find the real source, you might want to look in the mirror instead of attacking someone who defended you by saying you were an ok guy in other respects, and that if someone doesn't like what you post, they should stop browsing at -1.
Keep on fighting - all you're doing is proving I was wrong about you being an ok guy in other respects. I still don't get why you're attacking me instead of the post I was replying to.
And I've been known to change my views or admit I was wrong on-line. It's no big deal - it's just the internet. As an example, we're no longer fighting because there's more to life, he's an okay guy on other topics, and what the heck, if you don't like it, just don't browse at -1:-)
.... any sort of insult?
And if you go up-thread, you'll see that I was responding to someone who had already mentioned you. I did not "drag you into this" or "stab you in the back." I've already said I'm sorry if you took it that way, but I don't see how saying you're an okay guy on other topics is an attack on you.
Sure, everyone likes their privacy, but if you are faced with the choice of either (a) not having enough money to keep a roof over your head or (b) doubling up with someone else and having a roof over your head and food and a little bit extra, I would hope you would go with plan b. After all, better to have one roommate, each with your own separate rooms, than sharing a room in a shelter with 300 other homeless people.
Well, at least you've calmed down in the last little bit to not threaten to smash my face in. You accuse me of being a backstabber when we had made peace, but if you read this, and my reply, instead of jumping to conclusions, you would know that I wasn't the one who brought you up. I was responding to someone who claimed that the people running the site delete comments, specifically yours. How is this reply offensive?
No, his posts are not deleted by moderators. You've obviously never seen the huge quantity of posts he makes when he attacks me - years later, they're still there.
And I've been known to change my views or admit I was wrong on-line. It's no big deal - it's just the internet. As an example, we're no longer fighting because there's more to life, he's an okay guy on other topics, and what the heck, if you don't like it, just don't browse at -1:-)
You can try to restart something that was settled, but I'm simply not interested. I'm out of the business, but as far as I'm concerned, say whatever you want about me that floats your boat if it will make you feel better:-)
If you go up-thread, you might notice that I was not the one who mentioned APK. I was replying to this post:
Slashdot is definitely moderated. Not just by users, but by real actual moderators. Lets take a great example: apk. He has a copy-paste "host engine" spambrick that he poops out sometimes dozens of times per thread. But is this promotion really spam? It's topical (he won't post it unless someone is talking about ad blocking or security), it's not commercial (he wants to spread awareness, not sell you something), and he'll absolutely throw down with anyone who wants to debate.
Yet, his posts are DELETED by the moderators. I don't see anyone too upset about this- he obviously shits on forum etiquette by posting the same general promotion/debate brick of text. But is that really free speech? It's some kind of border. He's not selling penis pills, he's trying to help for real. But if you look up the threads where he debates people now, you'll see most or all of his posts deleted- that means someone had to make the call.
The poster claimed that your posts are being deleted. I pointed out that they are not (at least i my experience). I am NOT the one who brought you up as an example or dragged you into this argument. So why are you attacking me instead of the original poster? Maybe you're too quick to take offense where obviously none was intended.
The trade shows were comdex and supercom, way back in 1995. The company went through a re-org, than a renaming, then belly up after I left because I saw they didn't have the hardware expertise to bring the product to market, and it was just one excuse after another for delays that ultimately stretched into the new century. Do you really think I'm going to keep floppy disks from 1995?
And pretty much everything else is covered by NDA, as per industry practice. THOSE businesses haven't gone bankrupt, so you can be darned sure I'm keeping my mouth shut.
Also, you know very well I was off slashdot for an extended period of time because I could no longer read (you made a big enough point of my being a "one-eyed cyclops", even though doctors have over they ensuing years managed to restore most of my sight to one eye, and a lot of it to the other). So how would I accumulate these mythical mod points without posting? Oh, right - magic transsexual powers. I;m not buying it, and neither is anyone else.
The problems with this are two-fold. First, the jobs created are neither in sufficient quantity nor quality to the jobs that were lost. Obviously people can only drink so much coffee, and your market will hit the saturation point sometime (if it hasn't already) and most of those coffee shops will disappear. It was the same with Krispee Kreme. From boom to bust - we had one here that didn't stay open a year. Same thing with all these replacements. And here, we've already automated the gourmet butchers, and the chain has squeezed out a lot of those independents. Pretty much anything can be automated, including craft breweries.
I have a friend who has been doing exactly what you say - refinancing every year so he can use the increase in equity to make his next year's mortgage payments. He's been doing this for 15 years, and if interest rates go up (and they are) or property values go down (they do when interest rates go up), he and his family will be in serious trouble. And they certainly will not be able to continue living the lifestyle they've become accustomed to.
Wow, just wow. As I pointed out, I ONLY mentioned our previous arguments as counter-proof to another poster who claimed that slashdot engages in the practice of deleting posts. You chose to take that as an attack when in the given context it clearly wasn't. You have to admit that if slashdot had a policy of deleting comments, many of yours would be at the top of most users' lists. Okay, I get it, you mistook what I wrote as singling you out and decided to throw rocks again, and I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. But everything you've posted today goes under the label "no harm, no foul." It not only doesn't bother me, but also gives me a chance to try to remove some of the stigma people associate with others who are different, so I consider that a good thing.
Plenty of people have defended me in the past - why is that so hard to believe? The majority of people accept transsexuals and don't think we're an "it." A sex change does not remove the fact that someone is a human being, not an "it".
First, I haven't had mod points in years - not since I took a break because I could no longer see well enough to read or do a lot of other things.
Second, transsexuality is no longer recognized as a disorder. What IS recognized is the problems caused by society's non-acceptance that lead people to, for example, kill themselves. But that's okay - by your posting, all you're doing is showing that you are out of tune with current thinking, both of the medical community and the larger population. And of course, I wouldn't dream of not allowing you to say it, even if it is wrong.
Third, you keep referring to May of 2010 (if people follow the links enough) for the whole "posting anonymously" bit. Why is it okay for you to do it and not others? Unlike you, I haven't posted anonymously except for one time, on my phone, when I accidentally did so.
Fourth, PTSD and the ensuing major depression disorder are nothing to be ashamed of. I admitted to it because I didn't like the way that commenters were piling on attacking the person in an article about their mental problems.
Obviously, when people like you feel that attacking others based on things they have no control over, there's more need to talk about it. Nobody asks to be a transsexual, nobody asks to have PTSD, nobody asks to have Major Depressive Disorder, just like nobody asked to choose what colour, ethnic group, or parents they could have.
So consider this post a Public Service Announcement, because there are others out there struggling with the same or similar problems, and all you're doing is making it worse for them, not me. BTW - 4% of the population is diagnosed with a mental illness (temporary or permanent) every year. 25% of the population has at one point or another been mentally ill. Many people don't get treatment because of attitudes like yours - but times are changing. We don't stigmatize people who have juvenile diabetes, a physical illness that nobody asks for, we don't stigmatize rape victims any more, and we shouldn't stigmatize people for mental illnesses either.:-)
As for hosts, I really don't care any more, and I made my reasons clear why years ago. Jangle bait in front of me all you want, I won't take the hook. It's really a non-issue in 2015.
The word "doesn't" is present tense. When was the last time I posted AC? Years ago. If you follow the links, it was May 10th, 2010. That's more than 5 years ago. And then it was only because "what's good for the goose is good for the gander," as I pointed out. So I would just ask you, why do you continue to post AC if you feel it's so morally wrong for others to do so?
Having PTSD is not the same as being insane. But you already know that...:-)
But if you want to "hunt me down and bust my face," come on up. I've posted my address here, and I can't stop you. Just like I can't stop you from taking offense where none was meant. (I've gotten to that point in my life where anything anyone says about me just doesn't matter all that much any more, so I'm replying more as a courtesy to those who are wondering WT* is going on here than anything else). It's the Internet - who cares any more?
Jeez, who p*ssed in your cornflakes this morning? Nobody's talking against you behind your back. I was DEFENDING your right to post what you want. Hence the "unmoderated speech works". I only pointed out our past fights as a counter-example to the claim that slashdot deletes posts, because that's the example that I'm familiar with. If people don't like it, all they have to do is ignore it, same as with ads, tv commercials, politicians going blah blah blah.
And yes, feel free to insult me for what I am - it doesn't bother me, and if it makes you feel good... after all, no harm, no foul.:-)
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The internet will always find a way to route around damage - and both censorship and ubiquitous tracking are damage. I have no problem with sites that raise a little bit with ads that don't suck, don't suck bandwidth, and don't suck by assuming if I see the same add 1,000 times I'll be more likely to check them out.
Oh well, med side effects kicking in, gotta go lie down for a bit.
Can't disagree with the suckage of OpenID :-) Look, I really hope you succeed in moving to somewhere else (it's nice north of the border :-) but I really believe you would be helping yourself more by toning it down a bit ...
Can you prove you made any of the posts you made, including the one I'm replying to? See the problem? :-)
Downmods aren't censorship, not really. The posts are still there, visible for all the world to see if they want to browse at -1, where a lot of the good stuff ends up, at least temporarily. And I've had my run-ins with SJWs, both here and elsewhere, as well as the gay white mafia who think that if you don't toe the LGBT community line you're hurting the "community" - a community that doesn't really understand transsexuals and many of them think transsexuals and cross-dressers are the same thing.
I don't know what adblock does on their forums. If they're deleting your posts there, that's between you and them. My comments were solely directed to the commentator who wrongfully claimed that your posts here had been deleted. Depending on the forum, deleting posts based on particular criteria may be warranted. Take any forum that caters to the general public - people would expect that posts that promote discrimination and.or hatred against a particular person or group based on an immutable characteristic (color, ethnic origin, etc) would earn a smackdown if it were particularly egregious, whereas a forum such as slashdot you wouldn't expect posts to be deleted.
Each site is different, and people are free to choose which ones they participate in - choice is good :-)
As I've pointed out in the past, your repetitive posting 5-10 times to a comment are not designed to go over well. Adblock doesn't have to downmod you - the regular users have expressed their dislike of that practice. Your posts simply aren't visible to anyone browsing at anything above zero. You would have more chance of being heard if you logged in, and posted ONE reply to each point.
On a more personal basis, many of us got into this business to better our lot in life by being paid to do what we like doing, so I get it. Just saying that there are better ways to achieve your desired outcome.
Prove it? I can't even prove that it's you who's posting the above. And neither can you. That's the problem with ACs, so please don't be disingenuous.
Again, I did not "start anything." It was a thread about censorship of blogs, and someone else brought you up as someone they were sure has had posts deleted because of you repetitious hosts file postings. I used our previous differences as an example of how posts are not deleted. And then I even wrote that you're an ok guy in other areas. That is not attacking you, but again, if you took it that way, I'm sorry I wasn't clearer. I wasn't attacking you yesterday, last week, last month, last year ... and I don't have any interest in doing so in the future. As I wrote, this is the Internet ... nothing posted online is all that important :-)
Here's the thing - I don't care who tracks me, what they know or think they know about me, or whatever. Advertising can inform me of products but it can't make me buy them. Research first :-) As for the government, I don't care what they know about me - they certainly have my education, work history, medical files, etc. So what? I just don't feel threatened by it. It's different north of the border.
And I've been known to change my views or admit I was wrong on-line. It's no big deal - it's just the internet. As an example, we're no longer fighting because there's more to life, he's an okay guy on other topics, and what the heck, if you don't like it, just don't browse at -1 :-)
Really, re-read the original thread, which was about censorship, and how the person I was replying to chose you as someone they believed so much that your comments should be deleted that they claimed that slashdot WAS deleting them. If you have an axe to grind with anyone today, it's that poster, not me.
You always insist on making it about you. It's not. And it's not about me either, no matter how hard you try to make it that way.
The original post I made in 2010 was to tell people to adopt the same tactics you were using, and continue to use. If you have a problem with that, then the simple solution is for you to stop doing it. I've only made one post anonymously in years, and that was because I wasn't used to the mobile interface. Nothing malignant there. I don't hide behind anonymity.
I did NOT attacked you! Also, if you think I'm posting anonymously, you're just plain wrong, and I have and will continue to be willing to let bygones be bygones. But if you want to continue this, be my guest ... keep attacking me, it doesn't affect what others think of me.
Hey, you were doing it to me, but when I told people to do the same to you .... whah whah whah??? Everyone knows you post pretending to be other ACs. You're still doing it even today. And I only got involved recently in ONE reply that someone had already mentioned your posting habits in.
So really, how is saying this ...
And I've been known to change my views or admit I was wrong on-line. It's no big deal - it's just the internet. As an example, we're no longer fighting because there's more to life, he's an okay guy on other topics, and what the heck, if you don't like it, just don't browse at -1 :-)
.... any sort of insult?
I did not "drag you into this" or "stab you in the back." I've already said I'm sorry if you took it that way, but I don't see how saying you're an okay guy on other topics is an attack on you.
Why don't you link to the original post, where I told people to do to you the same thing you were doing to others?
You claim that I'm damaging your reputation, but if you want to find the real source, you might want to look in the mirror instead of attacking someone who defended you by saying you were an ok guy in other respects, and that if someone doesn't like what you post, they should stop browsing at -1.
Keep on fighting - all you're doing is proving I was wrong about you being an ok guy in other respects. I still don't get why you're attacking me instead of the post I was replying to.
And I've been known to change my views or admit I was wrong on-line. It's no big deal - it's just the internet. As an example, we're no longer fighting because there's more to life, he's an okay guy on other topics, and what the heck, if you don't like it, just don't browse at -1 :-)
.... any sort of insult?
And if you go up-thread, you'll see that I was responding to someone who had already mentioned you. I did not "drag you into this" or "stab you in the back." I've already said I'm sorry if you took it that way, but I don't see how saying you're an okay guy on other topics is an attack on you.
I think you jumped the gun on this one.
Sure, everyone likes their privacy, but if you are faced with the choice of either (a) not having enough money to keep a roof over your head or (b) doubling up with someone else and having a roof over your head and food and a little bit extra, I would hope you would go with plan b. After all, better to have one roommate, each with your own separate rooms, than sharing a room in a shelter with 300 other homeless people.
No, his posts are not deleted by moderators. You've obviously never seen the huge quantity of posts he makes when he attacks me - years later, they're still there.
And I've been known to change my views or admit I was wrong on-line. It's no big deal - it's just the internet. As an example, we're no longer fighting because there's more to life, he's an okay guy on other topics, and what the heck, if you don't like it, just don't browse at -1 :-)
You can try to restart something that was settled, but I'm simply not interested. I'm out of the business, but as far as I'm concerned, say whatever you want about me that floats your boat if it will make you feel better :-)
Slashdot is definitely moderated. Not just by users, but by real actual moderators. Lets take a great example: apk. He has a copy-paste "host engine" spambrick that he poops out sometimes dozens of times per thread. But is this promotion really spam? It's topical (he won't post it unless someone is talking about ad blocking or security), it's not commercial (he wants to spread awareness, not sell you something), and he'll absolutely throw down with anyone who wants to debate.
Yet, his posts are DELETED by the moderators. I don't see anyone too upset about this- he obviously shits on forum etiquette by posting the same general promotion/debate brick of text. But is that really free speech? It's some kind of border. He's not selling penis pills, he's trying to help for real. But if you look up the threads where he debates people now, you'll see most or all of his posts deleted- that means someone had to make the call.
The poster claimed that your posts are being deleted. I pointed out that they are not (at least i my experience). I am NOT the one who brought you up as an example or dragged you into this argument. So why are you attacking me instead of the original poster? Maybe you're too quick to take offense where obviously none was intended.
The trade shows were comdex and supercom, way back in 1995. The company went through a re-org, than a renaming, then belly up after I left because I saw they didn't have the hardware expertise to bring the product to market, and it was just one excuse after another for delays that ultimately stretched into the new century. Do you really think I'm going to keep floppy disks from 1995?
And pretty much everything else is covered by NDA, as per industry practice. THOSE businesses haven't gone bankrupt, so you can be darned sure I'm keeping my mouth shut.
Also, you know very well I was off slashdot for an extended period of time because I could no longer read (you made a big enough point of my being a "one-eyed cyclops", even though doctors have over they ensuing years managed to restore most of my sight to one eye, and a lot of it to the other). So how would I accumulate these mythical mod points without posting? Oh, right - magic transsexual powers. I;m not buying it, and neither is anyone else.
The problems with this are two-fold. First, the jobs created are neither in sufficient quantity nor quality to the jobs that were lost. Obviously people can only drink so much coffee, and your market will hit the saturation point sometime (if it hasn't already) and most of those coffee shops will disappear. It was the same with Krispee Kreme. From boom to bust - we had one here that didn't stay open a year. Same thing with all these replacements. And here, we've already automated the gourmet butchers, and the chain has squeezed out a lot of those independents. Pretty much anything can be automated, including craft breweries.
I have a friend who has been doing exactly what you say - refinancing every year so he can use the increase in equity to make his next year's mortgage payments. He's been doing this for 15 years, and if interest rates go up (and they are) or property values go down (they do when interest rates go up), he and his family will be in serious trouble. And they certainly will not be able to continue living the lifestyle they've become accustomed to.
Wow, just wow. As I pointed out, I ONLY mentioned our previous arguments as counter-proof to another poster who claimed that slashdot engages in the practice of deleting posts. You chose to take that as an attack when in the given context it clearly wasn't. You have to admit that if slashdot had a policy of deleting comments, many of yours would be at the top of most users' lists. Okay, I get it, you mistook what I wrote as singling you out and decided to throw rocks again, and I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. But everything you've posted today goes under the label "no harm, no foul." It not only doesn't bother me, but also gives me a chance to try to remove some of the stigma people associate with others who are different, so I consider that a good thing.
Plenty of people have defended me in the past - why is that so hard to believe? The majority of people accept transsexuals and don't think we're an "it." A sex change does not remove the fact that someone is a human being, not an "it".
First, I haven't had mod points in years - not since I took a break because I could no longer see well enough to read or do a lot of other things.
Second, transsexuality is no longer recognized as a disorder. What IS recognized is the problems caused by society's non-acceptance that lead people to, for example, kill themselves. But that's okay - by your posting, all you're doing is showing that you are out of tune with current thinking, both of the medical community and the larger population. And of course, I wouldn't dream of not allowing you to say it, even if it is wrong.
Third, you keep referring to May of 2010 (if people follow the links enough) for the whole "posting anonymously" bit. Why is it okay for you to do it and not others? Unlike you, I haven't posted anonymously except for one time, on my phone, when I accidentally did so.
Fourth, PTSD and the ensuing major depression disorder are nothing to be ashamed of. I admitted to it because I didn't like the way that commenters were piling on attacking the person in an article about their mental problems.
Obviously, when people like you feel that attacking others based on things they have no control over, there's more need to talk about it. Nobody asks to be a transsexual, nobody asks to have PTSD, nobody asks to have Major Depressive Disorder, just like nobody asked to choose what colour, ethnic group, or parents they could have.
So consider this post a Public Service Announcement, because there are others out there struggling with the same or similar problems, and all you're doing is making it worse for them, not me. BTW - 4% of the population is diagnosed with a mental illness (temporary or permanent) every year. 25% of the population has at one point or another been mentally ill. Many people don't get treatment because of attitudes like yours - but times are changing. We don't stigmatize people who have juvenile diabetes, a physical illness that nobody asks for, we don't stigmatize rape victims any more, and we shouldn't stigmatize people for mental illnesses either. :-)
As for hosts, I really don't care any more, and I made my reasons clear why years ago. Jangle bait in front of me all you want, I won't take the hook. It's really a non-issue in 2015.
(sigh) Promises, promises ... how you really do go on.
The word "doesn't" is present tense. When was the last time I posted AC? Years ago. If you follow the links, it was May 10th, 2010. That's more than 5 years ago. And then it was only because "what's good for the goose is good for the gander," as I pointed out. So I would just ask you, why do you continue to post AC if you feel it's so morally wrong for others to do so?
Having PTSD is not the same as being insane. But you already know that ... :-)
But if you want to "hunt me down and bust my face," come on up. I've posted my address here, and I can't stop you. Just like I can't stop you from taking offense where none was meant. (I've gotten to that point in my life where anything anyone says about me just doesn't matter all that much any more, so I'm replying more as a courtesy to those who are wondering WT* is going on here than anything else). It's the Internet - who cares any more?
Same thing with "hackers". Pity.
Jeez, who p*ssed in your cornflakes this morning? Nobody's talking against you behind your back. I was DEFENDING your right to post what you want. Hence the "unmoderated speech works". I only pointed out our past fights as a counter-example to the claim that slashdot deletes posts, because that's the example that I'm familiar with. If people don't like it, all they have to do is ignore it, same as with ads, tv commercials, politicians going blah blah blah.
And yes, feel free to insult me for what I am - it doesn't bother me, and if it makes you feel good ... after all, no harm, no foul. :-)