----- Original Message ----- From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 2:20 PM Subject: Re: Demanding change (was RE: Mmm, mesquite smoky goodness (was Re: (~) Please.))
> At 13:12 17-07-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote: > > >JDG's "crime" was giving almost as well as he got in a dispute with Jeroen. > >I would guess that, if you polled the people on this, the vast majority > >would have said "a plauge on your two houses", while a significant minority > >would blame Jeroen more than JDG. If you look at the hundreds of emails > >that came in response, it would be fair to say that the majority of those > >that posted were agast at Jeroen trying to get JDG punished for getting in > >an arguement with him. Now Jeroen couched it in terms of rules violations, > >but I will be more than happy to agree that bothering Jeroen was the real > >issue. > > That is outright ridiculous. Everyone is free to disagree with me on any > topic. Removing someone from the list is an action that can be taken when a > member misbehaves. If and when I bring that topic up, it is because (and > only because!) someone has been violating List Etiquette. > > JDG went from attacking my arguments to attacking me. No, he didn't. He just made a logical conclusion of your position from your arguements. >Would you agree that this is a violation of the Etiquette Guidelines? His shouting was a technical violation. Let me point out, though, he has shouted far fewer times than you have. > > Many people (including you) have disagreed with me on some topic or other > over the years. If your statement were true, there should have been a great > many discussions in which I began discussing banishing my opponent. > However, the Archive does not show that. Well, most people bend over backwards to try to be polite. I know I spent a lot of painstaking effort in order to write as politely as possible But, I'll admit, all you did was attack me personally, you have yet to threaten me with a lawsuit or banishment. But, that's OK, because I understand that you are above the guidelines, and need not follow them. :-) Dan M. Dan M.
