> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Gary Nunn
... > He made a peace offering. Regardless of how he worded it, it is a peace > offering none the less. He specifically said that he was not making > threats, but merely having insight into what will happen if this thing > continues. I agree with Jeroen, if this thing continues, it will > escalate and get blown farther out of proportion than it already has. I have to say that I'm a little confused at this point -- I don't know what it would mean for "this thing" to continue, nor to I know what it would mean to accept Jeroen's offer. The latter would seem to require a pledge by all subscribers to refrain from saying anything negative about Jeroen and to refrain from complaining about his behavior to his ISP, hosting company etc. I can't see why we'd do that for any individual on or off the list. We have a policy about personal attacks, which most of us think is sufficient. As far as "this thing" continuing, as far as I know, the list subscribers let it go quite a while ago. A number of other folks joined me in calling for and sticking to a policy of dropping the whole subject. Then one comment by one person and we're getting sucked back into this vortex again. If accepting Jeroen's offer means we drop the whole thing and tolerate each other's existence in peace, then I'm all for it. And so I'll suggest again that the best thing for all of us is to move on. But I have to add that if there are one or two "violations" of this informal agreement, let's not hit the panic button. I tolerated quite a few annoying e-mails from Jeroen before complaining to his ISP and that's what I'll do next time. Anybody can have a bad day, after all. I would hope that he'll tolerate a few gripes that people fail to withhold. But if he starts making a habit of harassing us or we are habitually bashing him, there's certainly a problem. I don't want this list and the part of my life it represents to be mainly about Jeroen van Baardwijk. The best we all can do is try to live well despite the difficulties of the past. Nick _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
