comp.lang.c++

Razii wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:49:28 +0200, "Alf P. Steinbach"
> wrote:
>
>> By the way, this has nothing to do with either C++ or Java so is off-topic; a
>> language war is off-topic in both groups posted to; and using person names in
>> subject line is also contrary to all Usenet etiquette.
>
> There is no such thing as being off topic. You don't make the rules on
> what is on and off-topic in an unmoderated newsgroup. Do you
> ununderstand that, asshole?
>
>

Being unmoderated doesn't mean there are no rules, what it means is that
there is no enforcement other than posters who repeatedly break the
rules will find themselves in kill files. They can then continue posting
messages, but the number of readers will decline.

Mark Thornton