Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 07:56:25 -0500 From: Ed Budd <ebudd@grokking.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Please take this somewhere else (was RE: difference betweenreleases) Message-ID: <41920FF9.3070700@grokking.org> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNGEKDEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNGEKDEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > Dear list moderators, > > I haven't been following or posting to this particular thread > but the post from Manfred here caught my eye. > > I would like to propose the following: > >>From now on, anyone calling for another member to be removed from > the list, in an OPEN message to the list, be themselves immediately > removed from the list. > > Posts that call for listmembers removal are childish, smack of censorship, > and because they are publically posted to the list, instead of > e-mailed privately to the administrators, their main purpose is quite > obviously one of grandstanding. > > Thanks, > > Ted Mittelstaedt > While I heartily agree with the spirit of your proposal (ie. the desire to maintain an appropriate standard of "civility" on this list) I can't help but notice the irony in your proposal to ban someone for calling for a ban on someone else... Peace everyone. The existence of one or two noisy and hostile individuals on this list does not spoil an otherwise helpful and friendly community. EB
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