Yay! (Ok, now admonishment for a one-line response!)
On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Brett Coster wrote: > > From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Did I ever mention the existence of a table that contains the names of > > list > > > members and the number of times they were insulting? You just upped 1 > > point. > > > > > Dan M. > > How many points does it take to get kicked off by you or Eileen? > > > > Dammit all It Was A Joke. > > Rotten timing for it, but it was a joke. > > This whole thing is getting ridiculous. > > I personally don't care if anyone on this list tells me to pull my head in. > Maybe I'd prefer it in private, maybe I deserve it in public. I know I've on > occasion sent a "Pull yer head in, mate" message. It's all part of > communicating. We're supposed to be civilised here, remember? > > Now, I think the listowners have some rights - the same as we all do. Yes > they have the power to bounce any one of us, but for chrissake, apart from > our late unlamented friend Kyle when have they done so? Right, never. > > Was telling JDG to pull his head in after implying Jeroen was taking the > Nazi track wrong? No. John, you are an experienced debater so don't say you > didn't know exactly what implications your phrasing would carry. Your pained > "Governance" missive backs that up also. > > Was Jeroen getting too pedantic about what he'd said and how he'd said it? > Yes. Whenever you pull the "see my earlier posting" stunt for an answer I > just wanna scream. > > Both of you, just think occasionally about how childish your "you said/ did > not/ answer this loaded question" little games get. And then just put > whatever message you were next going to send straight into the trashbin. > Maybe take a little walk. Maybe think up a new topic. > > I think a big part of the problem here is that some people see that Jeroen's > role as a listowner and also a consistent and persistent poster is a problem > of unwarranted control. Personally, I think Jeroen merely suffers from > enthusiasm and volunteerphilia: the readiness to put his hand up, as a > listowner, to help maintain a list that is an important part of his life. > There's an answer to that problem: somebody can now volunteer to take > Jeroen's place as a listowner. Bit of the old "he who is without sin..." > > Personally, I thought Eileen's response and reasoning was absolutely fine. I > don't see anywhere that some regime of censorship is being brought down on > this list. In the main, I think we're still a group of grownups who get a > bit contrary from day to day. Strange thing that, when you consider that the > Brin hisself is the archetypal contrarian. Maybe it's something we have in > common? Whaddayaknow! > > So, by all means discuss the meaning of the list. Get passionate. But for > heaven's sake remember we're only one little micro in a whole big cosm and > we are all members of a civilisation. > > Brett > Marvin Long Austin, Texas
