> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marvin Long, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 11:03 PM
> To: BRIN-L Mailing list
> Subject: Let's Not Bloody Vote
>
>
>
> Pardon me, Jon, but I think this is a rotten idea.
>
> Brin-L isn't some kind of goddamned gated community with a
> church at one end and a golf course at the other and a set of
> homeowners' laws designed to keep the property values from
> going down. The etiquette guidelines aren't law, they're
> aspirations. Mark's case is a strange one, but he's not
> hurting anybody. I don't care what state of mind he's in,
> but I utterly reject the idea that any of us is qualified,
> merely be reading his posts, to judge him in those terms. As
> long as he's not hurting anybody, I don't think it's
> appropriate to pass judgement by trying to ban him,
> temporarily or otherwise.
>
> Finally, the notion that banning him is a good way to teach
> him "boundaries" as though he's some kind of kindergarten
> student, is insulting and insane. No, it's worse. It's
> fucking bullshit.
So what's the point of having any sort of guidelines for removing people
from the list?
-j-
