me85mda@cc.brunel.ac.uk (M D Ayton) (02/15/89)
>Well, as any number of posters have made utterly clear, >they want Templeton to be responsible for rec.humor.funny, >but they are entirely unwilling to allow him the AUTHORITY >to regulate the entity that they wish him to be responsible >for. Just to stick my oar in.... I only started to receive r.h.f very recently and I have to say that if I had to make the choice I would sacrifice evry other joke group I get in favour of r.h.f . IMHO Brad does a damn good job as editor; the humour is kept to a very high standard and it is very rare for stuff in overtly racial/general bad taste to get through. It takes me a while to read this stuff; it must take one hell of a lot longer to read, weed and edit all the submissions. I wouldn`t do the job even if I was paid, which Brad manifestly is not, so if he chooses to make what cannot amount to much more than pocket money out of it, then good luck to him: it isn`t as if he doesn`t make it perfectly clear that he intends to do so. Finally, I would say that if you don`t like what he does then *UNSUBSCRIBE*, nobody forces anyone to submit to, or read, r.h.f .There are plenty of other joke groups around for those of more anarchistic leanings. Remember, the best form of censorship is the off switch. I, on the other hand, will continue to read a group that has the lowest noise and best use of bandwidth than any other which I receive. If you`re reading this Brad - *CHEERS* Martin.