>From: "Jon Gabriel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brin-L) >Subject: Re: Scouted: Commentary: Why Europe Sides Against the Jews / tim >e.com >Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 17:52:43 -0400 > >>From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Subject: Re: Scouted: Commentary: Why Europe Sides Against the Jews / >>tim e.com >>Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 16:34:02 -0500 (CDT) >> >> >>On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, J. van Baardwijk wrote: >> >> > At 10:12 30-04-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote: >> > >> > >In short, there is no indication at all that anyone but you would take >> > >this web site very seriously. Further, this is a dangerous type of >> > >behavior. It leads you away from community and forging consensus >> > >towards obsessing on how you were hurt. Yes, you may dress it up with >> > >other examples, but the idea of providing an objective record of shame >> > >just doesn't hold water. I strongly suggest that, for your own sake, >> > >you think more about forging bonds to the other people on the list >> > >instead of concentrating on when you think they misbehaved. >> > >> > I find it interesting to see that among the people most opposed to it >>are >> > the ones who are most likely to make it onto that list... >> >>Maybe the people who are trying to convince you are the people who are >>more likely to be debating you or arguing with you *anyway*. It's >>entirely possible that there are people out there who don't think it's at >>all constructive, but who don't want to put the effort into trying to >>persuade you that it isn't. >> >>At the rate things are going here, I'm not sure that it's necessarily good >>for the list as a whole for you to pour such energies into this project >>instead of something a little more uniting. But, it's your life, it's >>your time, and if that's what you want to do with it, that's fine with me, >>at least as long as it doesn't start to impact *my* use of *my* time in >>some way. >> >> Julia >> > >The problem here goes deeper than "is this a waste of Jeroen's time?" > >He is once again threatening list members in an effort to silence them. > >What he is doing negatively impacts the entire list, and is not appropriate >behavior for someone who maintains powers over the entire list. > >You may disagree with me, but I think he should either stop threatening us >or step down. He shouldn't be able to have authority over list members and >continue to threaten them. By all means, I'm not trying to silence him >myself: let him become a list member without the power to banish people and >he can threaten us all he wants. Heck, if he steps down, IMO, he can even >put his "bitch site" website up and do whatever he wants with it. But he >absolutely shouldn't be doing so as someone with power over us. > >Jon
Actually, here's a good question. Julia and Eileen are listed as co-list owners on Brin-l.com. What exactly is Jeroen's role with Brin-L?? I was under the distinct impression from previous posts made to the list on this subject that he is a co-owner. Am I wrong? Jon _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
