Defamation

[Laura Creighton]

In a message of Wed, 21 Oct 2015 10:30:35 +1100, "Steven D'Aprano" writes:
>On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 01:44 am, Laura Creighton wrote:
>> No, we are removing them because we want to.
>
>Who are "we"? You're not talking about *you and me*.

Anybody who was involved in deciding whether or not to remove them.
You, me, Ralf, Skip, Tim Golden, Terry, anybody else who is interested.

<snip>

>If that's the case, that would be fantastic, but are you *sure* it works
>like that? Skip Montanaro made it clear that removing posts from the
>archives regenerates URLs for the whole month:
>
>http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/python/1176035

Yes. And if you read the rest of the thread you will see how it was proposed
to avoid that problem, with a placeholder, and thereafter Skip wrote a 
script that implemented exactly that.

>-- 
>Steven

What I am objecting to is the 'slippery slope' argument.  That, there
are bad laws some places, and some bad reasons to remove postings
doesn't mean that we should attempt to duck the responsibility of
using our own discernment by instituting a mindless policy.  That only
_buries_ the need for making a judgment call, and makes it harder to
make the right one when the right one is 'remove this thing'.

Laura