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Originally posted by GarthB
Private Internet boards are operated on the "Golden Rule",
He who has the gold, rules.
As pointed out, the Bill of Rights only protects citizens from action by the government or an agency thereof. (The courts, though, have greatly expanded upon who may be considered an agent of the government)
When it comes to internet boards, all rights belong to the owners. Just criticize them and you'll see.
With the dearth of posts that this board suffered a few weeks ago, you'd think that any post that drew attention would be welcome. This could be the best board on the intenet. Unforutnately, in terms of visits, it's coming in a way behind eteamz, URC and McGriffs.
The owners should be asking themselves, "why", instead of deleting everything they disagree with.
(Better read quickly, this thread won't be here long.)
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I agree with you 100% that this forum is underutilized. This is especially so in the off-season. It is clear that McGriff's and Baseball Umpires (BU) List has much more activity. But I think that as some posters have become more and more comfortable with the Internet as a communication tool and have in fact formed friendships with some of their fellow umpires you can have posts that are far a field of umpiring. For example on BU over the last several days a lot of posts have concerned how you access the Internet i.e. dial-up, cable modem et. al. This may be of interest to many posters. It has nothing to do with umpiring per se. I could just as easily ask, "What is your favorite color?" and get lots of replies.
I have yet to find any forum that really stays on topic and does not, at least at times, get (for me) much too personal.
I think when a post is deleted a notation should appear such as "Post by Tommy Umpire on 1-17-02 has been deleted." I might be able to judge the degree to which this was "censorship" vs board owners trying to keep issues focused rather than have them deteriorate into personal attacks. Jim/NYC
Jim/NYC