Norman; There are no bigger supporters of free speech than the newspapers that are published all over this country.

Thank God for Liberals.

Do you think that the Editors would allow every non-signed letter submitted by crackpots to be published in the name of free speech so that you could choose which ones to read and which ones to skip over? I think not.

I think if they pay for it they can print almost anything that is legal.

Archie, I am not in favor of aliases being used to post messages. I never have been and never will be. If a person was required to use their real name and correct email address you wouldn't see a lot of these garbage posts that I enjoy reading.

In the past there was a lot of criticism about the non strike related messages and the CCGTCC created a message board that is monitored. I thought that that would have ended the crusade by the few who want censorship.

Remember this post.

Richard;this message board belongs to Greg Susong ... not to you. It's his property and he pays the freight to maintain it. I'm happy that he has made it available to the Silver Strikers…

It’s Greg’s board and he makes the decisions which he has clearly stated in his now famous post on 7/17/02

Please read it once again!!!!!

A few things on my mind...
Posted By: Greg Susong LM-2120-31 (63.173.37.117)
Date: 7/17/02 11:00 a.m.
I don't get to read every message posted on this board, but I do read some of them and there seems to be a lot of needless bickering going on.
I find it incredible that people have such a hard time just ignoring posts that they have learned from experience they don't want to read! How many of you subscribe to a magazine, any magazine? What do you do when the next page has an advertisement or an article that you don't want to read? You simply flip the page. You don't fire off a nasty letter to the editor or to the advertiser complaining about that page. You just ignore it. That is what you should do here as well.
People come here for different reasons. Some people look only for information on Las Vegas strikes, some are looking for strikes from anywhere. Some just want information, some are looking for info on where to buy, some are looking for buyers and some are looking for sellers. My point here is that each and every person that uses this board has their own reason for coming here. That is what makes a board like this work, many different interests that all fall under the more broad category of Silver Strikes.
That doesn't mean that anything goes. There must be guidelines in place, but they should be broad guidelines that keep people on the general track of what the board is about, Silver Strikes in this instance. You don't want someone coming here selling used cars or offering medical advice, but you also have to remember that we are all human beings, and when we participate in a forum such as this, we get to know each other and on occasion, off topic things will be shared. How do you legislate something like that out? You don't! That is what makes this kind of thing work.
If someone on the board is doing something that you don't like, try and ignore it. If you can't ignore it, take a few minutes and try to think of a way to resolve it without making a public spectacle. If your neighbor's dog is pooping in your yard, you might ignore it. When the dog starts tearing up your flower bed then you can't ignore it any longer. BUT, you wouldn't walk up and down the street shouting at your neighbor for the whole world to hear, you would call them PRIVATELY or visit their home and work out the problem. The same thing applies in this neighborhood.
Now, on to some good news. In the past, this board has been running under thechipboard.com domain. I recently purchased thestrikepoint.com domain and will soon be moving the board so that you will be able to get here by pointing your browser to thestrikepoint.com. I suspect there will be a short amount of downtime, probably an hour at the most, but I will make the move at a time when it will cause as little disruption as possible.
Greg