I've been thinking about this for a while, and I have decided to voice my opinion. I speak of the posts deleted by Mr. Levinson. I first want to say that I have never met Mr. Levinson, and I thnak him for founding this forum, and I do not dispute that it is his right to delete certain posts as moderator. However, I do feel that it should not be done at all. There seems to be a fundamental unfairness that some posts make it through and some do not only because Mr. Levinson caught them in time. I fully realize that Mr. Levinson works a full day like many of us, but if one is going to censor some that are offensive, shouldn't all then be censored? Secondly, even though the flame wars are somewhat off-topic and the attacks are certainly off-topic, this is the hand quizbowl has dealt itself. We all are part of the quizbowl community, and if this is part of it, we all will have to deal with it. Thirdly, I don't feel founding other clubs is the answer. This has to be dealt with here. Founding other clubs is akin to the Judean Peoples Front vs. The People's Front of Judea. If personal attacks and invective is what people want to post, so be it. Selective deletion is not the answer, and certainly not in the ad hoc way in which it is done. Phil Castagna
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