Switch forums then, you control freak.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> I will not "vote" one way or another on this, but I
> do think that many people here are missing out on
> the opportunity for creativity and improved writing
> offered by posting limits. It doesn't have to be
> seen as a "gag order," except by those who by now
> most agree need to be gagged. It can be seen as a
> chance to step back and THINK before typing, and
> especially before pressing that SEND button.
>
> On another forum I once haunted, they too were
> afflicted by a bunch of motormouths who wouldn't
> or couldn't shut up. There wasn't much flaming or
> ad hominem on that forum, but there wasn't much
> intelligent thought going on, either.
>
> So the moderator suggested an experiment. It was
> unenforced, but the posters there, being actual
> spiritual seekers as opposed to spiritual poseurs
> like we have here, all agreed to it, and undertook
> it for the fun of it, and the challenge.
>
> There was, in fact, a "posting limit." For a period
> of two months, everyone on the forum was limited
> to only ONE post per day. And it had to be in the
> form of a haiku. Seventeen syllables. No more, no
> less.
>
> And it was WONDERFUL. Everyone rose to the challenge,
> and produced some remarkable poetry, insights, and
> humor. To this day (years later) many people on this
> forum still follow the "One haiku per day" rule,
> because they came to like it so much.
>
> OK, I *know* that it could never work here. Many of
> our motormouths and trashmouths couldn't write a haiku
> if you gave them 17,000 syllables to work with. But
> like Maharishi's "heaven on earth" it's a pleasant
> fiction to imagine, even for a moment...
>
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WLeed3@ wrote:
> >
> > I fully agree Bill in Buffalo
> >
> > In a message dated 8/26/2013 8:01:09 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > dhamiltony2k5@ writes:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wleed3 <WLeed3@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I am leaving if the postings are not reduced much is vitriol
> >
> > Yep, the name-calling and the ad hominem certainly are the
> > low forms of argument here and should certainly be outlawed
> > in civil society and on all Yahoo groups as reprehensible
> > abuse. Yes, by stark contrast certainly the best writing and
> > exchange on FFL was in a time when the post count was
> > limited to 35 per week. This list cries out for a limit
> > to abuse and a strong hand of moderation. A strict speed
> > limit of 35 posts per week.
> > -Buck
>
