Avital, I didn't mean to imply that you weren't doing your job as moderator... Just as you said, the people involved were stung by the comments, and two people with whom I have a cordial relationship have expressed their feelings to me. I want to make the point that they are contributing members of Arachne, and if they do, in fact, leave the list, we will all be poorer as a consequence.
Some time back, (it's been years now...) a friend of mine took offense on a fairly regular basis to things one particular member wrote. Her solution was to block email from this member, and now she doesn't have to see it any more! So rather than launch an attack on someone you disagree with, perhaps you might simply block that person's email. It's a far more civilized way to deal with the problem. Clay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Avital Pinnick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 9:53 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Re: boxwood > And the people to whom they were directed are infinitely more sensitive to > personal attacks than an uninvolved outsider. I don't intervene unless the > behaviour is really over the top or unless someone complains. For merely > "not nice" behaviour, I figure that if the target isn't bothered enough to > tell me about it, then he or she doesn't mind. People have different levels > of tolerance and one person's slight is another person's hanging offence. > > Avital > Moderator, not mind-reader > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Clay Blackwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I don't know if the weather is the culprit or not. But I do > know that in the last month, several people have gotten fed > up with the list because of personal attacks, name-calling, > and other "not nice" behavior. > > So I highly recommend that we abstain from this kind of > message in the future... they seem to have slipped past > Avital, but the people to whom they were directed were > definitely aware of them. > > Clay > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
