At 02:07 PM 1/30/02, Ken Coar wrote: >"J. van Baardwijk" wrote: > > > > And yes, I do have something to do with this. IMO, John had > > crossed a line with his insults and accusations, enough to > > warrant some sort of listowners' intervention (a stern warning > > to begin with), so I consulted with my fellow listowners to > > see how they felt about it. > >H'm. Well, my personal counts-for-nothing opinion is that >even a 'warning' is 'way over the top. A request to cool >it, sure. An admonition, maybe. A warning, complete with >threat, no way. IMHACFNO, the function of the listowners >here is administration, NOT moderation. > >But what do I know? If my opinion is unpopular or not >in line with political correctness here, I can just go >away (or be blacklisted, whatever). It won't bother me. >I'll just tell Him, "hey, I hung out on that list you >recommended for a few months, but it wasn't as open and >as free-wheeling as I thought, so I bailed. thanks anyway!" >He probably won't care much more than I do, but I'd feel >the closure appropriate. > >It's no skin off my nose.. but that the listowners feel that >this sort of action is acceptable and part of their charter >doesn't jibe with what I was led to believe about the list. > >Whatever.
A suggestion: As there seems to be so much confusion on the matter, since JDG was publicly admonished on the list, would it be possible for the one who issued the admonishment/warning/whatever to him to inform the list of the precise nature of his transgression of the rules, if for no other reason than that the rest of us do not want to repeat his error in ignorance? (This is not a criticism or disagreement, just a request for information that will hopefully bring the confusion to an end . . . ) -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam� God bless America! My home, sweet home. -- Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
