Buck, just a thought: Why don't you climb down off your way-too-high horse and join in some of the conversations here? Like, you know, an actual human being?
Show us how it's done, buddy. Stop talking *at* us and talk *with* us. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote: > > > Friends, But the larger problem we have now is with the new Yahoo guidelines > and our under-moderated ad hominem homid members threatening the life=blood > of the whole group. > > > > > People obviously have way too many posts to fire and burn here. > > > > > > 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/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
