> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Hobby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 09:01 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Let's Vote
>
>
>
> Jon Gabriel wrote:
> >
> > It has been suggested by Jeroen that we vote as a list whether to
> > temporarily kick ban Mark Constantine ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> for a variety
> > of violations of the Brin-L rules of etiquette.
> >
> > So, in order to present our list owners with a consensus,
> let's start
> > voting.
>
> NO
>
> Do not ban. In the past we were usually successful at just
> waiting out annoying posters. Let's try to continue this.
> While I admit
> that I personally killfiled Wilbur07 over a month ago, I find
> his posts annoying at most.
>
> I do get the impression that he (and a LONG and nasty debate about
> Israel!) have chased away some list members. That is a shame.
> But I think it is important to keep things open. Now if
> other people wanted to periodically post a disclaimer like
> "This really is a nice list, just ignore all posts from
> Wilbur07", that would be their right...
Why do we have rules for removing people from the list?
Why do we have rules regarding the attatching of photos to emails?
Why is the posting of utter gibberish not falling under the same
scrutiny?
-j-