----- Original Message ----- From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 1:55 PM Subject: Re: Question for everyone
> At 21:00 28-10-2002 -0500, Jim Sharkey wrote: > > > >I am not suggesting we do that to Giorgis's posts. I am trying to get > > >the message across that he should clean up his act and stop misbehaving > > >on this list. > > > > >Wouldn't a "dinging" system be a step in accomplishing that? If his (or > >anyone's) behavior aggravated enough people, the dings would add up, and > >maybe the person in question would get the message that his behavior is > >not in keeping with IAAMOAC? > > With some people, yes -- but not with Giorgis. Over the years, he has been > talked to by several people about his behaviour, but he has never shown any > signs of improvement. So, why should anyone believe that the dinging system > will suddenly get him to accept that he has been misbehaving, and get him > to shape up? Isn't the real problem that he has modified his behavior in response to group requests? Many folks asked both you and him to stop having flamewars online. Then, when he killfiled you in order to accommodate this; you kvetched. Then when he decided to take the discussion offline, you put it back online. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
