From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 10 12:56:27 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44F6D16A4CE for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:56:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mx1.sohotech.ca (mx1.sohotech.ca [64.26.169.251]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A559043D49 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:56:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ebudd@grokking.org) Received: from [192.168.1.6] (chomsky.sohotech.ca [192.168.1.6]) (authenticated bits=0) by mx1.sohotech.ca (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id iAACuP1q050884 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 07:56:25 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from ebudd@grokking.org) Message-ID: <41920FF9.3070700@grokking.org> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 07:56:25 -0500 From: Ed Budd User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (X11/20041016) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.86.0.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.48 on 192.168.2.3 Subject: Re: Please take this somewhere else (was RE: difference betweenreleases) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:56:27 -0000 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