On 04/01/12 10:01 AM, Home Guy wrote:


But note also that if you want to focus on restrictive work-place
situations, you also have to take into account that if employers have
such restrictive computer-use policies that they may also have blocking
mechanisms at the network level that prevent users from accessing
time-wasting sites such as facebook and twitter. Such blocks might also
include google-groups, yahoo groups, etc.


The key word here is "might", and I can speak with 100% confidence on
this issue.

There are certain companies that block access to just about any site
that could possibly be used as a "download' site, including tinypic,
PhotoBucket, etc., any and all webmail sites, Facebook, Twitter, etc.
yet do not block Google Groups access.

Imagine being able to access a.h.r yet not be able to access any links
to pictures that a poster might include in their post.

However, nothing in any of your arguments - both good and bad - required
the use of the word "moron" in your subject line.

If you are calling all users of GG "morons", then you are simply being
belligerent and showing your juvenile side.

If you are not calling all users of GG "morons" because you accept the
fact that some users only have access to usnet via GG, then your
original post is faulty.

Since *all* GG posts are not making through to nntp newsreaders - not
just those of the "morons" - you only addressed a subset of GG users.

The point here is that there was no need for the use of the word moron,
especially if used under the guise of trying to be helpful.