----- Original Message ----- From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 3:23 PM Subject: Re: Dutch & US Media
> At 15:03 27-1-02 -0600, Dan Minette wrote: > > > > Well, let me put it this way: there have been numerous insults and > > > accusations thrown at me during my years on Brin-L, and I still have not > > > unsubscribed. Heck, I have not even unsubscribed listmembers who are in > >the > > > habit of insult & accusation, even though my status as co-listowner gives > > > me that power. Although my finger has been itching a few times... > > > > > > >Let me ask you a direct question. Will you promise not to abuse your power > >as listowner to kick off people who see things differently than you do? > > Of course I would never abuse my power. That would be a) very un-Brinellian > and b) get me in trouble with the other co-listowners. > Thank you. You must not see very many old gangster pictures. Saying you have an itchy trigger finger is a cliche threat. :-) > Besides, if I would unsubscribe everyone who disagrees with me, Brin-L > would become a very quiet, low-volume list with only a handful of > subscribers... :-) You would need to change it to Jeroen-L, then too. > >(As an aside to everyone else, if I stop posting without notice, the answer > >will be no.) > > I resent that remark! It suggests that it would always be my fault if you > would suddenly stop posting, even if I had nothing to do with it! <grin> > Well, then you are now obligated to keep the list interesting for me that I'll continue to post. <grin> Dan M. > Hmm. Insinuation. Bad move. Now, where did I write down the "unsubscribe > Dan Minette" command? <grin> > > > Jeroen > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com > Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com > >
