What passion, all. Intent goes a long way with me, and until someone can convince me that Doc is trying to greedily self-promote or enrich, I am going to assume that his intentions are honorable. Is it such a great leap of faith to think that Doc believes that what he is doing is of value to FTers. And, while all of his posts will never appeal to all of the people, some of his posts will, I suspect, appeal to a healthy minority of the community.

Self policing is an oxymoron when applied to a posting Board. Policing suggests authority and power, as well as a paramilitary hierarchy. Self policing equals anarchy. With the exception of Randy, each poster has exactly the same amount of power. So, unless we want to charter a democracy to vote people in and/or out, the only form of self policing that would work would be a filter that an individual could use to freeze out a specific poster.

Copyright scholars have commented. Clearly, if the New York Times issued a cease and desist, all bets would be off. But the Times can protect their own interests. Until then, if we censor Doc, then how can we not censor somebody else?

I equate Doc's postings with pornography, and not in a bad way. While it is there, nobody is putting a gun to your head to partake. Doc carefully titles his posts so that you know what you're getting into. 85% of it is of no use to me, but I don't begrudge the 30 seconds it takes to scan topics.

The knock on Doc regarding getting a life is ungentlemanly. It's his time.

So, while an auto-da-fe may be appealing, I don't think that Doc deserves to get flamed Maid of Orleans style.