Jeroen wrote:
> I am slowly getting angry with people like you and Gautam. To whom did you
> turn a few years ago when some guy was throwing obscenities around on this
> list? The listowners, because they are the ones that could ban him. Who do
> you turn to when you have a problem with your subscription ("Help! I can
not
> send messages to the List!")? The listowners, because they are the ones
who
> can (and do) solve the problem for you.
>
> But now, when we perform one of our other duties (pointing out to a poster
> that he needs to clean up his act), we get accused of issuing "threats",
> intimidation, and being on our way to become listowners from Hell. If we
> were all that, we would not even have bothered to tell you anything but
> would have simply banned John. But that is not the way we work.
>
> Now, go stand over there in the corner, face towards the wall, and bow
your
> head in shame.You have a lot of nerve getting on a high horse right now, mister. I suggest you drop it, because you don't look like an evenhanded dispenser of assistance and justice - you look like a crybaby. At most, Eileen's warning/threat should have been sent offlist, along with a detailed explanation of the charges. At the very least, you could have asked John offlist in polite terms to refrain from making oblique comparisons between you and the Nazis. The escalation of this issue results directly from your refusal to handle this in a simple, direct manner. Adam C. Lipscomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft." - Teddy Roosevelt
