From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Wed Sep 29 1999 - 11:43:45 MDT
Oh, and before anyone points it out - Crocker's Rules apply to being
offended by subject matter, not by violations of list etiquette (except
insofar as list etiquette prohibits personal attacks, or otherwise
attempts to enforce politeness). The main point of Crocker's Rules is
to prohibit objections to posts on grounds of political incorrectness,
or bluntness, or personal insults - to never say "I am offended;
therefore you should not post."
There's no obligation to tolerate, say, spam email. "This doesn't
belong on the list; therefore you should not post" is still necessary
for as long as the list is based on fencing off a virtual location and
not on collaborative filtering.
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sentience@pobox.com Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
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