Dear non-Richard. You raise so many fascinating points that with my limited
English I hardly know where to begin.( how can I, a non-native speaker,
compete with your unrivalled mastery of the RAO prose?)
For instance Ludo is a clown. Was it meant as an endearment,
insult, uninvited familiarity or all three? Till you explain I shall not
know how you'd want me to address you?..
Thank you for so lucidly explaining that a ban is not a ban
when it is not "permanent" Shall we call it a "non-permanent ban"? Please
explain and inform: does " non-permanent" mean something that you lift when
a "Richard" says something you like and clamp on again when someone wants to
answer him?
Now about "audio. low-end". You're right - no group so titled
exists. But there is a group that was started long, long ago as a high-end
group and that is now in the grip of second-raters, without an original,
creative thought in their heads and without any interest in getting
life-like instrumental sound, aided and abetted by Mr. Bath, the moderator..
Their check-mate slogan is the one "Richard" put at the end of his message:
"Prove it by ABXing". And their main purpose is to shoot down anything
outstanding because they either can not or do not care to hear the
difference,
And ,no, I was not banned. Neither temporarily nor
"permanently. I quit like many others, regretting that a true high-end forum
ceased to exist
My use of "Low-end" was what they call " a figure of
speech". In my native language it is known as "sarcasm". I think the word
exists in English as well. Look it up in your Public Library
reference/dictionary section.
Regards Ludovic Mirabel
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I'll try and put this chaotic exchange into a sequence that can be followed:
This is how it started:
"Richard in RAHE:
" ... "The simple answer to all this is to incorporate ABX testing
ESPECIALLY on controversial tweaks. Of course if printing facts were what it
is about then it would be happening already."
I commented:
"Here goes one-out of many- example of the rec.audio.low-end moderating
objectivity, Fidel Castro style
An invocation extolling unvalidated, unconfirmed by basic research
"testing"goes in as a clinching argument .
Ah, but try and question it!: "We do not allow discussion of ABX"
We only allow it in to end discussions, right?"
..
"Richard" then said:
I don't believe that's a quote of what the moderators actually said.
There is ABX discussion on the group from time to time, although not
much lately.

In answer I copied Bath's message in RAHE.:
__________________________

From: David E. Bath )
Subject: All DBT or Subjective/Objective threads are ended

View this article only
Newsgroups: rec.audio.high-end
Date: 2004-07-28 16:35:20 PST

Due to the limited time the moderators now have to process posts, all
DBT or objective/subjective threads are ended. This is effective as
of the Date of this post, and is likely to stay in effect at least
until the moderation team has grown.

Please see the request for moderators post for an explanation why our
time is limited.

And please don't bother to plead "but I didn't get to respond...", it
will fall on deaf ears.

-.- David Bath (rec.audio.high-end moderation team)
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At this point newscu...etc steps in:
Ludo is a clown wrote in message ...
In article ,

I'm not Richard, so guess again Luddy.

Fascinating topic Mr Newscu. Are you his mouthpiece?
Newscu comments:
I can't seem to find a newsgroup with that name. Please point it out
to me.
comments on Bath;s message:
And what does "likely to stay in effect" mean? IT certainly doesn't mean
a permanent ban, unlike the permanent ban on you.

Further quote from Richard:
" I believe that is a very samll part of the actual post and not the
focus of it at all.
My comment
I suppose that was why "actually" you put your "ABX" sentence as
the final one-two blow at the very end of your mesage..

Newscu is indignant and unforgiving:
Huh? This is an English language group, please use it here.