Recent case in point, quote: "I thought it was mean spirited, actually. Same old invectives hurled at someone: " Are you dumb, or dull, or nuts?""
> > > > > "Yahoo! Groups give Yahoo! users a place to meet, interact, and share ideas > > with each other. .. Yahoo! sets out the terms and conditions of your use .. > > some of the key things to remember are: > > 1. You may not harass, abuse, threaten, or advocate violence" > > > > Yep, personal by its nature the use the ad hominem is abuse on all these > levels. > > > > > > > Friends; > > > But we got a larger problem in want of a better decorum for FFL: Yes, by > > > the virtue of the new Yahoo-groups guidelines being placed over us we > > > should directly outlaw the ad hominem and name-calling forms of argument > > > as lower than the lowest and directly banish those who use them here as > > > the fundamental and great threat to our whole way of life here on a > > > Yahoo-group that they are. > > > Kindly, > > > -Buck > > > > > > > > > > > Yep these people have taken toll the life spark of FairfieldLife here > > > > on Yahoo-groups with the Ad hominems. Time comes now to do with > > > > serious moderation or surely let the list die entirely. Seems a time > > > > has come for action one way or the other. Radical action. > > > > Resuscitation or it dies. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 08/23/13 16:55:50 Eastern Daylight Time, > > > > > > dhamiltony2k5@ writes: > > > > > > Dear Rick, the post-count experiment as a noble hope is clearly > > > > > > failing. The lowest form of writing and argument evidently > > > > > > dominates FFL with their diluting flood of the post-count of FFL. > > > > > > As an elder of the FFL community here I implore you Rick, please > > > > > > save our FFL from the lowest form of argument on FFL, the Ad > > > > > > hominem . These people's abuse of the list and community here with > > > > > > the Ad hominem is too much. Something radical, something different > > > > > > needs to be done to save FFL as a spiritual and free place. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > -Buck > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > > > > > > fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > > > > > Or go to: > > > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > > > > > and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
