I seem to have been banned
 

The last few replies I made have not appeared at all.

Oh well; I tried.

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On Monday, December 3, 2018 at 8:34:03 AM UTC-6, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes wrote:
> The last few replies I made have not appeared at all.
>
> Oh well; I tried.

The Internet is a MESS!

John Kuthe, RN, BSN, Cannabis Nurse GONNABE!

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On 12/3/2018 4:58 AM, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes wrote:
>
> The last few replies I made have not appeared at all.
>
> Oh well; I tried.
>
>
I had a couple that seemed to be lost. Could be a server problem
someplace.

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On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:58:32 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
> wrote:

>
>The last few replies I made have not appeared at all.

And who do you think banned you?

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On 2018-12-03 11:20 a.m., Bruce wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:58:32 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> The last few replies I made have not appeared at all.
>
> And who do you think banned you?
>
It's a conspiracy!

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On 3 Dec 2018, Bruce wrote
(in >):

> On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:58:32 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
> > wrote:
>
> >
> > The last few replies I made have not appeared at all.
>
> And who do you think banned you?

The same people who prevented my usenet posts with certain well chosen words
contained in them from appearing; but allowed them through if I sent exactly
the same messages with the words cut out.

This was about a year ago, and I find it rather sinister.

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On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 18:53:37 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
> wrote:

>On 3 Dec 2018, Bruce wrote
>(in >):
>
>> On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:58:32 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > The last few replies I made have not appeared at all.
>>
>> And who do you think banned you?
>
>The same people who prevented my usenet posts with certain well chosen words
>contained in them from appearing; but allowed them through if I sent exactly
>the same messages with the words cut out.
>
>This was about a year ago, and I find it rather sinister.

Do you really think Giganews censors your posts based on certain
words? That would be ridiculous.

You could try a post with lots of swear words. We'll understand :)

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On Monday, December 3, 2018 at 8:53:41 AM UTC-10, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes wrote:
> On 3 Dec 2018, Bruce wrote
> (in >):
>
> > On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:58:32 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > The last few replies I made have not appeared at all.
> >
> > And who do you think banned you?
>
> The same people who prevented my usenet posts with certain well chosen words
> contained in them from appearing; but allowed them through if I sent exactly
> the same messages with the words cut out.
>
> This was about a year ago, and I find it rather sinister.

Have you ever been a member of, or associated with, the communist party?

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On 12/3/2018 12:02 PM, dsi1 wrote:

> Have you ever been a member of, or associated with, the communist party?

I didn't know FofF was a Republican. ;)

nb

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On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:44:51 GMT, Pamela >
wrote:

>On 19:02 3 Dec 2018, dsi1 > wrote in
:
>
>> On Monday, December 3, 2018 at 8:53:41 AM UTC-10, Fruitiest of
>> Fruitcakes wrote:
>>
>>> On 3 Dec 2018, Bruce wrote
>>> (in >):
>>>
>>> > On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:58:32 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
>>> > > wrote:
>>> >
>>> > >
>>> > > The last few replies I made have not appeared at all.
>>> >
>>> > And who do you think banned you?
>>>
>>> The same people who prevented my usenet posts with certain well
>>> chosen words contained in them from appearing; but allowed them
>>> through if I sent exactly the same messages with the words cut out.
>>>
>>> This was about a year ago, and I find it rather sinister.
>>
>> Have you ever been a member of, or associated with, the communist
>> party?
>
>In the politics groups Fruity is known for his left leaning views and
>argumentative manner which may have led to him being picked up by agency
>filters. Or perhaps one of the people he's argued with has informed.
>
>I wouldn't be surprised if Fruity's email is also affected.
>
>There's a lot more monitoring of internet political chat these days and
>next time it may be better he doesn't make himself a target.

Are you saying it's dangerous to express left-wing opinions these
days? I don't even think the US would censor you for that, let alone
Europe. Left wing views are only a sign of intelligence.

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On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:44:51 GMT, Pamela >
wrote:

>On 19:02 3 Dec 2018, dsi1 > wrote in
:
>
>> On Monday, December 3, 2018 at 8:53:41 AM UTC-10, Fruitiest of
>> Fruitcakes wrote:
>>
>>> On 3 Dec 2018, Bruce wrote
>>> (in >):
>>>
>>> > On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:58:32 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
>>> > > wrote:
>>> >
>>> > >
>>> > > The last few replies I made have not appeared at all.
>>> >
>>> > And who do you think banned you?
>>>
>>> The same people who prevented my usenet posts with certain well
>>> chosen words contained in them from appearing; but allowed them
>>> through if I sent exactly the same messages with the words cut out.
>>>
>>> This was about a year ago, and I find it rather sinister.
>>
>> Have you ever been a member of, or associated with, the communist
>> party?
>
>In the politics groups Fruity is known for his left leaning views and
>argumentative manner which may have led to him being picked up by agency
>filters. Or perhaps one of the people he's argued with has informed.
>
>I wouldn't be surprised if Fruity's email is also affected.
>
>There's a lot more monitoring of internet political chat these days and
>next time it may be better he doesn't make himself a target.

Haven't seen any signs of it, think you are being paranoid there! Only
time I was aware of anything was in a local group light years ago
(Bush Baby was POTUS then) and one nutter had a sig line 'Death to the
President of the United States' - the rest of us told him it wasn't a
good idea blah blah blah and looked at our tv news one night to see he
had been arrested :)

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On 2018-12-03 1:46 PM, graham wrote:
> On 2018-12-03 11:20 a.m., Bruce wrote:
>> On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:58:32 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> The last few replies I made have not appeared at all.
>>
>> And who do you think banned you?
>>
> It's a conspiracy!

Gee. I haven't heard about that RFC cabal for years.

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On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 15:52:34 -0400, wrote:

>On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:44:51 GMT, Pamela >
>wrote:
>
>>On 19:02 3 Dec 2018, dsi1 > wrote in
:
>>
>>> Have you ever been a member of, or associated with, the communist
>>> party?
>>
>>In the politics groups Fruity is known for his left leaning views and
>>argumentative manner which may have led to him being picked up by agency
>>filters. Or perhaps one of the people he's argued with has informed.
>>
>>I wouldn't be surprised if Fruity's email is also affected.
>>
>>There's a lot more monitoring of internet political chat these days and
>>next time it may be better he doesn't make himself a target.
>
>Haven't seen any signs of it, think you are being paranoid there! Only
>time I was aware of anything was in a local group light years ago
>(Bush Baby was POTUS then) and one nutter had a sig line 'Death to the
>President of the United States' - the rest of us told him it wasn't a
>good idea blah blah blah and looked at our tv news one night to see he
>had been arrested :)

That's understandable. Inciting violence or inciting violence or
whatever the label will be.

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"Fruitiest of Fruitcakes" wrote in message
news.com...

On 3 Dec 2018, Bruce wrote
(in >):

> On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:58:32 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
> > wrote:
>
> >
> > The last few replies I made have not appeared at all.
>
> And who do you think banned you?

The same people who prevented my usenet posts with certain well chosen words
contained in them from appearing; but allowed them through if I sent exactly
the same messages with the words cut out.

This was about a year ago, and I find it rather sinister.

==

????

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On 2018-12-03 12:44 p.m., Pamela wrote:
> On 19:02 3 Dec 2018, dsi1 > wrote in
> :
>
>> On Monday, December 3, 2018 at 8:53:41 AM UTC-10, Fruitiest of
>> Fruitcakes wrote:
>>
>>> On 3 Dec 2018, Bruce wrote
>>> (in >):
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:58:32 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The last few replies I made have not appeared at all.
>>>>
>>>> And who do you think banned you?
>>>
>>> The same people who prevented my usenet posts with certain well
>>> chosen words contained in them from appearing; but allowed them
>>> through if I sent exactly the same messages with the words cut out.
>>>
>>> This was about a year ago, and I find it rather sinister.
>>
>> Have you ever been a member of, or associated with, the communist
>> party?
>
> In the politics groups Fruity is known for his left leaning views and
> argumentative manner which may have led to him being picked up by agency
> filters. Or perhaps one of the people he's argued with has informed.
>
> I wouldn't be surprised if Fruity's email is also affected.
>
> There's a lot more monitoring of internet political chat these days and
> next time it may be better he doesn't make himself a target.
>
As I posted, it's all a conspiracy:-)

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On Monday, December 3, 2018 at 9:38:02 AM UTC-10, notbob wrote:
> On 12/3/2018 12:02 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>
> > Have you ever been a member of, or associated with, the communist party?
>
> I didn't know FofF was a Republican. ;)
>
> nb

They're supposed to protect us from the Ruskies/commies not be in bed with them.

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-russia...-election.html

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On Monday, December 3, 2018 at 1:53:46 PM UTC-6, wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:44:51 GMT, Pamela >
> wrote:
>
> >On 19:02 3 Dec 2018, dsi1 > wrote in
> :
> >
> >> On Monday, December 3, 2018 at 8:53:41 AM UTC-10, Fruitiest of
> >> Fruitcakes wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 3 Dec 2018, Bruce wrote
> >>> (in >):
> >>>
> >>> > On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:58:32 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
> >>> > > wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > >
> >>> > > The last few replies I made have not appeared at all.
> >>> >
> >>> > And who do you think banned you?
> >>>
> >>> The same people who prevented my usenet posts with certain well
> >>> chosen words contained in them from appearing; but allowed them
> >>> through if I sent exactly the same messages with the words cut out.
> >>>
> >>> This was about a year ago, and I find it rather sinister.
> >>
> >> Have you ever been a member of, or associated with, the communist
> >> party?
> >
> >In the politics groups Fruity is known for his left leaning views and
> >argumentative manner which may have led to him being picked up by agency
> >filters. Or perhaps one of the people he's argued with has informed.
> >
> >I wouldn't be surprised if Fruity's email is also affected.
> >
> >There's a lot more monitoring of internet political chat these days and
> >next time it may be better he doesn't make himself a target.
>
> Haven't seen any signs of it, think you are being paranoid there! Only
> time I was aware of anything was in a local group light years ago
> (Bush Baby was POTUS then) and one nutter had a sig line 'Death to the
> President of the United States' - the rest of us told him it wasn't a
> good idea blah blah blah and looked at our tv news one night to see he
> had been arrested :)

Have you heard of the PBS show The Cleaners?

https://www.pbs.org/video/the-cleaners-yq8ap6/

John Kuthe, KutheChocolates.com...

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On Mon, 3 Dec 2018 14:07:42 -0600, heyjoe >
wrote:

>On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:46:21 GMT
>in Message-ID: >
>Pamela > wrote :
>
>> Government agency looking out for agitators trying to influence events?
>
>Government agency?? Those buffoons can barely tell the difference
>between their bum, elbow and a hole in the ground. They haven't got a
>clue about usenet.

I agree. Usenet is probably the last place where they'll look or need
to look. We're all too old to cause trouble anyway.

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"Bruce" wrote in message ...

On Mon, 3 Dec 2018 14:07:42 -0600, heyjoe >
wrote:

>On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:46:21 GMT
>in Message-ID: >
>Pamela > wrote :
>
>> Government agency looking out for agitators trying to influence events?
>
>Government agency?? Those buffoons can barely tell the difference
>between their bum, elbow and a hole in the ground. They haven't got a
>clue about usenet.

I agree. Usenet is probably the last place where they'll look or need
to look. We're all too old to cause trouble anyway.

==

Perhaps fruity ought to look at another news server?

I have never heard of that happening to anyone else in all the years I have
been on UseNet.

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On 3 Dec 2018, Bruce wrote
(in >):

> On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 18:53:37 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
> > wrote:
>
> > On 3 Dec 2018, Bruce wrote
> > (in >):
> >
> > > On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:58:32 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > The last few replies I made have not appeared at all.
> > >
> > > And who do you think banned you?
> >
> > The same people who prevented my usenet posts with certain well chosen words
> > contained in them from appearing; but allowed them through if I sent exactly
> > the same messages with the words cut out.
> >
> > This was about a year ago, and I find it rather sinister.
>
> Do you really think Giganews censors your posts based on certain
> words? That would be ridiculous.
>
> You could try a post with lots of swear words. We'll understand :)

It wasnt swear words I was using.It was words chosen carefully to attract
attention from anyone who might be monitoring; and it appeared to work.

And although I might appear left wing on certain political ranting groups;
most of that is an act wind right wing people up.

Im not particularly politically biased either way in that I hate extremes
of politics on either side. It just so happens that the right tends to have
been in power more often than not over the last twenty years and criticism is
seen as naturally being a loony leftie.

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On Tue, 04 Dec 2018 07:13:17 +1100, Bruce >
wrote:

>On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 15:52:34 -0400, wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:44:51 GMT, Pamela >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On 19:02 3 Dec 2018, dsi1 > wrote in
:
>>>
>>>> Have you ever been a member of, or associated with, the communist
>>>> party?
>>>
>>>In the politics groups Fruity is known for his left leaning views and
>>>argumentative manner which may have led to him being picked up by agency
>>>filters. Or perhaps one of the people he's argued with has informed.
>>>
>>>I wouldn't be surprised if Fruity's email is also affected.
>>>
>>>There's a lot more monitoring of internet political chat these days and
>>>next time it may be better he doesn't make himself a target.
>>
>>Haven't seen any signs of it, think you are being paranoid there! Only
>>time I was aware of anything was in a local group light years ago
>>(Bush Baby was POTUS then) and one nutter had a sig line 'Death to the
>>President of the United States' - the rest of us told him it wasn't a
>>good idea blah blah blah and looked at our tv news one night to see he
>>had been arrested :)
>
>That's understandable. Inciting violence or inciting violence or
>whatever the label will be.

He was not the sharpest knife in the drawer, they did a psycho
analysis, let him go with instructions to stay off the internet lol

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On Mon, 3 Dec 2018 20:20:15 -0000 (UTC), Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Mon 03 Dec 2018 11:46:35a, graham told us...
>
>> On 2018-12-03 11:20 a.m., Bruce wrote:
>>> On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:58:32 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> The last few replies I made have not appeared at all.
>>>
>>> And who do you think banned you?
>>>
>> It's a conspiracy!
>>
>
>It's kuthe's curse!

That's it ! You've hit the nail on the head!

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On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 21:20:20 GMT, Pamela >
wrote:

>On 19:52 3 Dec 2018, wrote in
:
>
>> On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:44:51 GMT, Pamela >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On 19:02 3 Dec 2018, dsi1 > wrote in
:
>>>
>>>> On Monday, December 3, 2018 at 8:53:41 AM UTC-10, Fruitiest of
>>>> Fruitcakes wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 3 Dec 2018, Bruce wrote (in
>>>>> >):
>>>>>
>>>>> > On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:58:32 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
>>>>> > > wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > The last few replies I made have not appeared at all.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > And who do you think banned you?
>>>>>
>>>>> The same people who prevented my usenet posts with certain well
>>>>> chosen words contained in them from appearing; but allowed them
>>>>> through if I sent exactly the same messages with the words cut out.
>>>>>
>>>>> This was about a year ago, and I find it rather sinister.
>>>>
>>>> Have you ever been a member of, or associated with, the communist
>>>> party?
>>>
>>>In the politics groups Fruity is known for his left leaning views and
>>>argumentative manner which may have led to him being picked up by
>>>agency filters. Or perhaps one of the people he's argued with has
>>>informed.
>>>
>>>I wouldn't be surprised if Fruity's email is also affected.
>>>
>>>There's a lot more monitoring of internet political chat these days
>>>and next time it may be better he doesn't make himself a target.
>>
>> Haven't seen any signs of it, think you are being paranoid there! Only
>> time I was aware of anything was in a local group light years ago
>> (Bush Baby was POTUS then) and one nutter had a sig line 'Death to the
>> President of the United States' - the rest of us told him it wasn't a
>> good idea blah blah blah and looked at our tv news one night to see he
>> had been arrested :)
>
>Today Russian political influence to lead opinion on social groups is a
>new problem. I'm not saying Fruity is one such person but someone else
>looking casually might mistake him for such.

Usenet is the has been of the 1990s - you're thinking FB and twitter.

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On 3 Dec 2018, Pamela wrote
(in article >):

> On 19:49 3 Dec 2018, > wrote in
> :
>
> > On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:44:51 GMT, >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On 19:02 3 Dec 2018, > wrote in
> > > :
> > >
> > > > On Monday, December 3, 2018 at 8:53:41 AM UTC-10, Fruitiest of
> > > > Fruitcakes wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On 3 Dec 2018, Bruce wrote (in
> > > > > >):
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:58:32 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The last few replies I made have not appeared at all.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And who do you think banned you?
> > > > >
> > > > > The same people who prevented my usenet posts with certain well
> > > > > chosen words contained in them from appearing; but allowed them
> > > > > through if I sent exactly the same messages with the words cut out.
> > > > >
> > > > > This was about a year ago, and I find it rather sinister.
> > > >
> > > > Have you ever been a member of, or associated with, the communist
> > > > party?
> > >
> > > In the politics groups Fruity is known for his left leaning views and
> > > argumentative manner which may have led to him being picked up by
> > > agency filters. Or perhaps one of the people he's argued with has
> > > informed.
> > >
> > > I wouldn't be surprised if Fruity's email is also affected.
> > >
> > > There's a lot more monitoring of internet political chat these days
> > > and next time it may be better he doesn't make himself a target.
> >
> > Are you saying it's dangerous to express left-wing opinions these
> > days? I don't even think the US would censor you for that, let alone
> > Europe. Left wing views are only a sign of intelligence.
>
> I am offering a possible exlanation for the series of dropped posts
> Fruity has reported. Fruity's views are more than just "left wing".

You have no idea what my views are. In common with most judgemental people
these days you make assumptions based on your own prejudices.

I seem to have convinced more people of my faux political leanings than I
expected.

> In
> the present climate with Russian influence on the internet being
> reviewed, any pro-communist messages designed to influence others could
> raise an eyebrow somewhere.

Does that make me the most powerful person on the planet?

I dont think NATO are hanging on my every word.

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On 3 Dec 2018, Pamela wrote
(in article >):

> On 20:13 3 Dec 2018, > wrote in
> :
>
> >
> >
> > "Fruitiest of Fruitcakes" wrote in message
> > news.com...
> >
> > On 3 Dec 2018, Bruce wrote
> > (in >):
> >
> > > On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:58:32 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > The last few replies I made have not appeared at all.
> > >
> > > And who do you think banned you?
> >
> > The same people who prevented my usenet posts with certain well chosen
> > words contained in them from appearing; but allowed them through if I
> > sent exactly the same messages with the words cut out.
> >
> > This was about a year ago, and I find it rather sinister.
> >
> > ==
> >
> > ????
>
> As a Fruity sympathiser, have you had any posts go missing Ophelia?

Ophelia is not a Fruity sympathiser. For years she had me killfiled.

However, these days most arguments have become so abusive and polarised that
my once €œextreme€� views are now seen as more eccentric than harmful.

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"Fruitiest of Fruitcakes" wrote in message
news.com...

On 3 Dec 2018, Pamela wrote
(in article >):

> On 19:49 3 Dec 2018, > wrote in
> :
>
> > On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:44:51 GMT, >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On 19:02 3 Dec 2018, > wrote in
> > > :
> > >
> > > > On Monday, December 3, 2018 at 8:53:41 AM UTC-10, Fruitiest of
> > > > Fruitcakes wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On 3 Dec 2018, Bruce wrote (in
> > > > > >):
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:58:32 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The last few replies I made have not appeared at all.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And who do you think banned you?
> > > > >
> > > > > The same people who prevented my usenet posts with certain well
> > > > > chosen words contained in them from appearing; but allowed them
> > > > > through if I sent exactly the same messages with the words cut
> > > > > out.
> > > > >
> > > > > This was about a year ago, and I find it rather sinister.
> > > >
> > > > Have you ever been a member of, or associated with, the communist
> > > > party?
> > >
> > > In the politics groups Fruity is known for his left leaning views and
> > > argumentative manner which may have led to him being picked up by
> > > agency filters. Or perhaps one of the people he's argued with has
> > > informed.
> > >
> > > I wouldn't be surprised if Fruity's email is also affected.
> > >
> > > There's a lot more monitoring of internet political chat these days
> > > and next time it may be better he doesn't make himself a target.
> >
> > Are you saying it's dangerous to express left-wing opinions these
> > days? I don't even think the US would censor you for that, let alone
> > Europe. Left wing views are only a sign of intelligence.
>
> I am offering a possible exlanation for the series of dropped posts
> Fruity has reported. Fruity's views are more than just "left wing".

You have no idea what my views are. In common with most judgemental people
these days you make assumptions based on your own prejudices.

I seem to have convinced more people of my faux political leanings than I
expected.

> In
> the present climate with Russian influence on the internet being
> reviewed, any pro-communist messages designed to influence others could
> raise an eyebrow somewhere.

Does that make me the most powerful person on the planet?

I dont think NATO are hanging on my every word.

==

LOL Watch the loonies, they see spies in every corner:))

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On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 21:36:01 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
> wrote:

>On 3 Dec 2018, Bruce wrote
>(in >):
>
>> On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 18:53:37 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > On 3 Dec 2018, Bruce wrote
>> > (in >):
>> >
>> > > On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:58:32 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
>> > > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > >
>> > > > The last few replies I made have not appeared at all.
>> > >
>> > > And who do you think banned you?
>> >
>> > The same people who prevented my usenet posts with certain well chosen words
>> > contained in them from appearing; but allowed them through if I sent exactly
>> > the same messages with the words cut out.
>> >
>> > This was about a year ago, and I find it rather sinister.
>>
>> Do you really think Giganews censors your posts based on certain
>> words? That would be ridiculous.
>>
>> You could try a post with lots of swear words. We'll understand :)
>
>It wasn’t swear words I was using.It was words chosen carefully to attract
>attention from anyone who might be monitoring; and it appeared to work.
>
>And although I might appear left wing on certain political ranting groups;
>most of that is an act wind right wing people up.
>
>I’m not particularly politically biased either way in that I hate extremes
>of politics on either side. It just so happens that the right tends to have
>been in power more often than not over the last twenty years and criticism is
>seen as naturally being a loony leftie.

Yes, sheeple tend to vote right-wing. I shan't bring up the Land Of
The Not So Free.

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On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 21:18:31 GMT, Pamela >
wrote:

>On 19:49 3 Dec 2018, Bruce > wrote in
:
>
>> On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:44:51 GMT, Pamela >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On 19:02 3 Dec 2018, dsi1 > wrote in
:
>>>
>>>> Have you ever been a member of, or associated with, the communist
>>>> party?
>>>
>>>In the politics groups Fruity is known for his left leaning views and
>>>argumentative manner which may have led to him being picked up by
>>>agency filters. Or perhaps one of the people he's argued with has
>>>informed.
>>>
>>>I wouldn't be surprised if Fruity's email is also affected.
>>>
>>>There's a lot more monitoring of internet political chat these days
>>>and next time it may be better he doesn't make himself a target.
>>
>> Are you saying it's dangerous to express left-wing opinions these
>> days? I don't even think the US would censor you for that, let alone
>> Europe. Left wing views are only a sign of intelligence.
>
>I am offering a possible exlanation for the series of dropped posts
>Fruity has reported. Fruity's views are more than just "left wing". In
>the present climate with Russian influence on the internet being
>reviewed, any pro-communist messages designed to influence others could
>raise an eyebrow somewhere.

Russia's a thug state, not a communist state. That high-five with the
Saudi killer prince symbolised it well. I'd rather have Trump as
president than Putin.

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On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 17:37:29 -0400, wrote:

>On Tue, 04 Dec 2018 07:13:17 +1100, Bruce >
>wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 15:52:34 -0400, wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:44:51 GMT, Pamela >
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 19:02 3 Dec 2018, dsi1 > wrote in
:
>>>>
>>>>> Have you ever been a member of, or associated with, the communist
>>>>> party?
>>>>
>>>>In the politics groups Fruity is known for his left leaning views and
>>>>argumentative manner which may have led to him being picked up by agency
>>>>filters. Or perhaps one of the people he's argued with has informed.
>>>>
>>>>I wouldn't be surprised if Fruity's email is also affected.
>>>>
>>>>There's a lot more monitoring of internet political chat these days and
>>>>next time it may be better he doesn't make himself a target.
>>>
>>>Haven't seen any signs of it, think you are being paranoid there! Only
>>>time I was aware of anything was in a local group light years ago
>>>(Bush Baby was POTUS then) and one nutter had a sig line 'Death to the
>>>President of the United States' - the rest of us told him it wasn't a
>>>good idea blah blah blah and looked at our tv news one night to see he
>>>had been arrested :)
>>
>>That's understandable. Inciting violence or inciting violence or
>>whatever the label will be.
>
>He was not the sharpest knife in the drawer, they did a psycho
>analysis, let him go with instructions to stay off the internet lol

Yes, but to go from saying that to "Death to..." is a radical step.

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On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 17:40:47 -0400, wrote:

>On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 21:20:20 GMT, Pamela >
>wrote:
>
>>On 19:52 3 Dec 2018, wrote in
m:
>>
>>> On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:44:51 GMT, Pamela >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>In the politics groups Fruity is known for his left leaning views and
>>>>argumentative manner which may have led to him being picked up by
>>>>agency filters. Or perhaps one of the people he's argued with has
>>>>informed.
>>>>
>>>>I wouldn't be surprised if Fruity's email is also affected.
>>>>
>>>>There's a lot more monitoring of internet political chat these days
>>>>and next time it may be better he doesn't make himself a target.
>>>
>>> Haven't seen any signs of it, think you are being paranoid there! Only
>>> time I was aware of anything was in a local group light years ago
>>> (Bush Baby was POTUS then) and one nutter had a sig line 'Death to the
>>> President of the United States' - the rest of us told him it wasn't a
>>> good idea blah blah blah and looked at our tv news one night to see he
>>> had been arrested :)
>>
>>Today Russian political influence to lead opinion on social groups is a
>>new problem. I'm not saying Fruity is one such person but someone else
>>looking casually might mistake him for such.
>
>Usenet is the has been of the 1990s - you're thinking FB and twitter.

Exactly. I doubt that any of the Russian interference takes place on
Usenet.

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On Mon, 3 Dec 2018 20:58:51 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>
>
>"Bruce" wrote in message ...
>
>On Mon, 3 Dec 2018 14:07:42 -0600, heyjoe >
>wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:46:21 GMT
>>in Message-ID: >
>>Pamela > wrote :
>>
>>> Government agency looking out for agitators trying to influence events?
>>
>>Government agency?? Those buffoons can barely tell the difference
>>between their bum, elbow and a hole in the ground. They haven't got a
>>clue about usenet.
>
>I agree. Usenet is probably the last place where they'll look or need
>to look. We're all too old to cause trouble anyway.
>
>==
>
>Perhaps fruity ought to look at another news server?
>
>I have never heard of that happening to anyone else in all the years I have
>been on UseNet.

Me neither. I doubt that Giganews does anything like that.

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On 2018-12-03 2:38 p.m., wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Dec 2018 20:20:15 -0000 (UTC), Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>> On Mon 03 Dec 2018 11:46:35a, graham told us...
>>
>>> On 2018-12-03 11:20 a.m., Bruce wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:58:32 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The last few replies I made have not appeared at all.
>>>>
>>>> And who do you think banned you?
>>>>
>>> It's a conspiracy!
>>>
>>
>> It's kuthe's curse!
>
> That's it ! You've hit the nail on the head!
>
Yebbut it's permanent, not monthly!

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On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 18:53:37 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes wrote:

> On 3 Dec 2018, Bruce wrote
> (in >):
>
>> On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:58:32 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> The last few replies I made have not appeared at all.
>>
>> And who do you think banned you?
>
> The same people who prevented my usenet posts with certain well chosen words
> contained in them from appearing; but allowed them through if I sent exactly
> the same messages with the words cut out.
>
> This was about a year ago, and I find it rather sinister.

I can guarantee you that Giganews doesn't read nor censor posts.
They have the FBI do that for them.

-sw

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On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 21:36:01 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes wrote:

> It wasn¢t swear words I was using.It was words chosen carefully to attract
> attention from anyone who might be monitoring; and it appeared to work.

You're paranoid. Bordering on a lunatic if you keep it up.

ObFood: Smoked Sprats $1.79 for 9.52 once bottle. Best deal outside
of Latvia.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwert...ream/lightbox/

-sw

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FF, there is nobody "in charge" here unless someone has complained to your provider. Trust me,
sometimes posts just don't show up for no conceivable reason.

You are really the only one who can delete your own posts. This group is not monitored by any
entity who can ban a post before it is seen.

Don't be paranoid. Keep posting. I have seen several of your posts in recent days.

The only thing you don't want to do is directly issue a specific threat or threats against
a public official.

N.

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On Mon, 3 Dec 2018 16:08:20 -0700, graham > wrote:

>On 2018-12-03 2:38 p.m., wrote:
>> On Mon, 3 Dec 2018 20:20:15 -0000 (UTC), Wayne Boatwright
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon 03 Dec 2018 11:46:35a, graham told us...
>>>
>>>> On 2018-12-03 11:20 a.m., Bruce wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:58:32 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The last few replies I made have not appeared at all.
>>>>>
>>>>> And who do you think banned you?
>>>>>
>>>> It's a conspiracy!
>>>>
>>>
>>> It's kuthe's curse!
>>
>> That's it ! You've hit the nail on the head!
>>
>Yebbut it's permanent, not monthly!


Graayyyammmm! lol

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Nancy2, who are you replying to?

Jill

On 12/3/2018 7:26 PM, Nancy2 wrote:
> FF, there is nobody "in charge" here unless someone has complained to your provider. Trust me,
> sometimes posts just don't show up for no conceivable reason.
>
> You are really the only one who can delete your own posts. This group is not monitored by any
> entity who can ban a post before it is seen.
>
> Don't be paranoid. Keep posting. I have seen several of your posts in recent days.
>
> The only thing you don't want to do is directly issue a specific threat or threats against
> a public official.
>
> N.
>

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On 3 Dec 2018, Sqwertz wrote
(in article >):

> On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 21:36:01 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes wrote:
>
> > It wasnt swear words I was using.It was words chosen carefully to attract
> > attention from anyone who might be monitoring; and it appeared to work.
>
> You're paranoid. Bordering on a lunatic if you keep it up.

Presumably your evidence to prove my paranoia was contained in the part of
your post which was censored?

>
>
> ObFood: Smoked Sprats $1.79 for 9.52 once bottle. Best deal outside
> of Latvia.
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwert...ream/lightbox/
>
> -sw

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Nancy, my reply was addressed to "FF," meaning Fruity F whatever (the OP)...it was a complete answer and
didn't need to be addressed to anyone at all, actually.

N.

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In article >, lid
says...
>
> On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 21:36:01 +0000, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes wrote:
>
> > It wasn?t swear words I was using.It was words chosen carefully to attract
> > attention from anyone who might be monitoring; and it appeared to work.
>
> You're paranoid. Bordering on a lunatic if you keep it up.

Brought here by Ophelia, what else did you expect?


For the benefit of Americans, "Fruitcake" is British slang for
nutcase/person with a mental illness.



Janet UK