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At 21:43 13-01-16 -0800, Ken Hiebert via Marxism wrote: > >What we have witnessed on this list and what Phillip reports of his off >line contact with Lüko suggests that he deliberately sets out to provoke anger. Yes, and he succeeded as should be expected given what he writes. But beyond that, I have no doubt that (for whatever reason) he was TRYING to get thrown off the list. On Sunday Louis "reminded" us that each subscriber is limited to 3 posts per day (that's funny, I had recalled it being 5 or 6). The very next day, Luko posted no fewer than 11 times according to my count! (Not to mention that the posts were extremely repetitive.) Now if rules were strictly followed then after the 4th post he would have been unsubbed, but that only happened the next day for a different reason. What I have noticed over the years is that the main reason people get kicked off the list is that they say the wrong thing at the wrong time on a day when Louis got up on the wrong side of bed. The fact that a justification is supplied (or is obvious) is beside the point, when you see others being treated differently (I didn't say "preferentially," because as I said, there appears to be a large random component involved) under similar circumstances. When "rules" and standards are applied at one person's whim (no matter how valuable that one person's role), they become meaningless. I wish there were a way for administrative actions, such as cutting off a discussion or sanctions against an individual, to be subject to the wishes of all list members affected, and not just one acting (at best) in what he determines the collective interest to be. I do not consider the current system acceptable nor would it be accepted by any other left discussion group or study group that I have ever seen outside of a Stalinist state. - Jeff _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
