----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Harney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 11:29 AM Subject: Re: Let's Vote
> Abstain. > > I refuse to vote on this issue before an official policy is established. I > thought the list guidelines were the official policy, but I can see from the > current discussion that they are not. We cannot just chose to kick someone > out because we find them annoying. If his posts had not included obscene > and vulgar material, I would be voting "NO" right now, but I think that we > need to establish some community rules and if *after* the policy is > established, a member violates it, then issue a warning, then if done again, > suspend their posting privilages for a while (no vote required, the > judgement of whether the person is in violation of rules can be made by the > listowners). There has to be an official policy that is applied universally > and fairly, not just "This person annoys me, let's vote him of the island... > I mean list". > That is a fairly rigid and authoritarian stand to take Michael. One of the strengths of this list is that it bends but does not break. xponent Flexible Flyer Maru rob
