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102760 2002-12-04 06:19:00 HP have been doing the same type of advertising as well. Baldy (26)
102761 2002-12-04 20:41:00 Hi Mike

From memory (I stress) the censored post was about the downsizing of the PC company - there is, therefore, an exact correlation
Chris Randal (521)
102762 2002-12-04 23:51:00 >>>From memory (I stress) the censored post was about the downsizing
>>> of the PC company - there is, therefore, an exact correlation

You could be right - I recall it saying something about PC Company about to go under, and if that's what it was, then the news item definitely doesn't say that :) in fact downsizing usually doesn't mean a company is in trouble - take Fonterra for example.

Mike.
Mike (15)
102763 2002-12-04 23:56:00 The post in question claimed the company was about to go under and asked whether you wanted to buy from a company that was going under. It was unsubstantiated, malicious and not acceptable here. There is a big difference between a company cutting jobs and "being about to go under", and either way unsubstantiated and anonymous rumours of that type are not acceptable. Reporting already published information is acceptable. Biggles (121)
102764 2002-12-05 00:22:00 Sorry Bruce.

I admit that my post was a little tongue in cheek......
Chris Randal (521)
102765 2002-12-05 00:35:00 Hahaha.
Dont any of you know what GST stands for?
Isnt it obviose?
GST= Government Spending Tax

Its for their pies and icecream, and coke for lunch, for new cars etc.
mejobloggs (264)
102766 2002-12-05 00:49:00 Perhaps there's a lesson to be learned. The duscussion was censored and completley removed rather than just locked. Because of this people will remember what was said in their own way - when they retell the story it will become distorted. A rumour has begun and because the original was removed nobody remembers exactly what was said.

FWIW I think it was wrong to remove the discussion, we still have free speech here in NZ and it should have been locked, perhaps with a disclaimer. People would make up their own minds about the author and whether his claims were malicious or not... I know I did.
crozier (2004)
102767 2002-12-05 01:24:00 Crozier - it is not you who will get sued if it remains on the site. We have, do date, been very firm on NOT removing threads (there have been requests from vendors, no I aint saying who) because in all previous cases posters have been expressing valid opinons and relating personal experiences. In this case, a poster gave NO information that could in anyway be independantly verified. There a line between free speech and slander, and that post crossed it. Biggles (121)
102768 2002-12-05 02:13:00 the question is, is NZ Media published information really information that is unbiased?? I would of thought its biased from the media'a point of view. Surely NZ Media is not a indpendent unbiased source of information. then what is the difference between info that goes on on forums and on NZ Media. rayonline (2134)
102769 2002-12-05 02:23:00 Bruce - I apologise for stirring the pot but I tend to agree with Crozier that if the post had not been removed, I wouldn't have been tempted to indulge in a little devilment.

I won't do it again.

Kind regards
Chris Randal (521)
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