"Mary Pegg" > wrote
> Andy Turner wrote:
>> Self-centredness is having your head so much up your own arse that you
>> believe that the preferences of you and others are the only
>> preferences that must be allowed and that they must be forced on those
>> who have different preferences.
>
> Nobody's forcing anybody to do anything.
>
> Least of all post to, or read, uk.misc. However those that choose to
> post to uk.misc are requested to abide by the norms of the group.

The problem is that *you* and the other regular posters to auk.misc
don't own the "group". Nor do the posters to alt.autos.bmw own it.
Nor does the US own the internet, etc. (If you want moderated
discussion, join a moderated group.)

You have to take the bad (trolls and top/bottom posting, poor clipping)
with the good (which is *really* good): free speech and discussion.

Floyd