I don't like any form of censorship.

I don't see how you can prevent multiple handles unless you take draconian measures, such as requiring a credit card for name and address verification. At that point, the cure becomes worse than the problem.

Everybody should be encouraged to adhere to guidelines, and when a thread gets out of hand, it should be closed. The main guideline I try to follow (and I often fail to follow it myself) is before I press submit, I ask myself, "Is this something that is useful for the community or not?" If I can't answer yes, don't press the submit button.

-David

PS: This same debate has occured in various forms on every form of internet news, chat rooms and BBS forums I've been part of since 1980. There will always be disruptive forces. It's how we deal with them that makes the difference. In my humble opinion, the only thing that's effective is to ignore them. Responding to disruptive forces only makes it worse.



[This message has been edited by LIH Prem (edited 03-04-2001).]