Just an observation... In requesting the archive purge, a whole new thread of discussion relating to this topic is currently being created... Therefore, the next request will be for the current discussion to be purged... ad infinitum! This leads to the obvious paradox that the only way to undo history is to travel back in time and not do what should not have been did in the first place! ;) Another observation... An apology post would also be recorded in the archives. Greg

-----Original Message----- From: Juha Saarinen [mailto:juha(a)saarinen.org] Sent: Tuesday, 17 July 2001 12:04 pm To: 'Michael Newbery'; nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: RE: Julian Angelo

:: An interesting point. The image of 'Memory Holes' sprang :: instantly to mind. :: :: While the article below is rather extreme :: (http://www.thefire.org/offsite/data/mcelroy042000.html) it :: does make :: the point that an archive is supposed to be, well, an archive.

Good point. I think that "sanitising" archives might set an unfortunate precedent, but ultimately, it's up to the listadmin to decide.

However, even if the messages referring to Mr Angelo were expunged from the archives, haven't they been stored elsewhere? I seem to remember that Google spiders NZNOG... hang on... yep, so it does.

In fact, a Google search on "Julian Angelo" reveals plenty more than just NZNOG... see for yourself. I think he's just going to have to live with his fifteen seconds of Internet infamy.

-- Juha

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