At 16:19 30-1-02 -0500, Gautam Mukunda wrote: >Censorship (in particular, prior restraint, which is what would be >be happening if you expelled someone from the list) is something that can, >in general, be justified only by the requirements of national security. >Last time I checked, no one on the list with a clearance (is there anyone >on the list with a clearance?)
<raises hand> >was leaking stuff. >_But_ - to call in an absentee list-owner because you are unable to >hold your own in an argument is pathetic. No absentee listowner was called in for that, Gautam, no matter how much you want to believe that. What happened was that I believed John had crossed a line and asked my fellow listowners for their opinion. Eileen subsequently posted her opinion on-list. And FYI, that took a while: I submitted my question to the ladies on January 26; Eileen's on-list reply is dated January 29. >To try and intimidate a listmember into silence is vile. There >is no defense and no justification for those actions. The listowners are NOT trying to intimidate anyone into silence, in case that is what you believe. If we believe some action should be taken against someone, we will not take that action lightly. If we are going to unsubscribe someone, it will be done only after thoroughly discussing the matter in public and giving the offender a chance to improve his behaviour. Eileen, Julia and yours truly are NOT the listowners from Hell. >Everyone involved with the making of that threat should be ashamed of >themselves, and so should anyone who supports it. A warning, Gautam, not a threat. Saying "shut up or we will shoot you" is a threat. Telling someone that his behaviour got him one step closer to being banned is a warning that his behaviour has some room for improvement. >Anyone want to threaten _me_ with expulsion from the list for saying that? Nah. We just unsubscribe you, after which we remove all evidence of you ever being here from our records. <grin> Just kidding, Gautam, just kidding... :-) Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
