----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 3:52 PM Subject: Re: From Mark on rec.arts.books.tolkien
> So, your suggestion was that she should have pulled the plug? > Again, I dont think this is a case of binary options. I have great faith that Eileen is a good person with good intent. I also believe that as a student she had greater and more personally important priorities than administering a mailing list. In this case, hindsight is 20/20 and I have a personal distaste for second guessing people in Eileens position. It was not a good position for her to be in and I imagine it sucked mightily at times. What I would have prefered to have seen happen; and again, I want to avoid pointing fingers, laying blame, or finding fault in anyones actions because my concern is for the future; is for Eileen to have made some sort of statement. FREX: "I find myself forced by circumstances to kick Mark from the list. Some of you will not like this, but you have your fellow listmembers to blame or to thank. As primary listowner I have a responsibility and have to answer to the listproviders at Cornell. Complaints must be responded to, but I have little time to administer the list *and* give my studies the attention *I* deserve. As it stands I have given the list a Markendectomy. If I continue to be distracted from my education by petty squabbles from Brin-L, I will perform a Listendectomy. I can promise you my education will come first. Sorry to be so blunt, but I feel obligated to make my priorities known" (I hope that reflects the actual state things were in at the time, if I have stated things incorrectly I apologise) This is a statement that I would have felt bound to respect. We had no right to infringe upon Eileens education or her standing at school in any way. I dont think she volunteered for that kind of service. Nowdays, we are not in such a position. We are in Nicks court now, and if we infringe upon his life in any way that matters (to Nick or his family), I hope that he will be as blunt and honest as he needs to be. I am for our future. Finding blame in our past is a waste of time and is potentially harmful to our community. xponent Where Do You Want to Be Tomorrow? Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
