Jason, This is addressed to you since you claim representation of FAPA. Since 14th September 2000 you have sent 14 posts to Fluxlist. 8 of these have been to complain about John M. Bennett sending poetry to the list. That means over 50% of your input to this list in the last 9 months has been complaint-based. Whilst I respect your right to say that you do not wish to see John's poems on Fluxlist I do not think the way you are going about this respects John's feelings in any way. You write: >so the worry is over the health of the list. say someone doesn't like it and sees 7 or 8 (sometimes more) Bennett poems a week that's just one (or more?) person(s) unlikely to participate in the list. or dissmiss it as a bunch of people wanting to cram their poetry down your throats if you are stupid enough to subscibe to the list.< In reality, in the history of this list, complaints and the sort of action you are now undertaking have led to more people leaving the list (or ceasing to post frequently) than anything else. Whilst some people may think that John posts too many of his poems I'm in no doubt that everyone would rather see the result of individual creativity in their inbox as oppose to the material you're currently posting which not only causes bad feeling towards John but on your own admission is designed purely to spoof John's form of creative expression and done in a manner (FAPA) that can only be hurtful and make John feel uncomfortable here. John joined Fluxlist because he saw a copy of the Fluxlist poetry book "Happy New Ears" that we did a while back. John's poetry has stimulated interesting discussion on the list in the past and no doubt will do so again. Those who don't like it can indeed delete it and for those receiving the digest version I don't believe that John's short texts can be that much of a burden even if his poetry does not appeal to you. Jason, I would urge you to stop this and consider the feelings of others a little more. When you subscribed to Fluxlist you will have received a long message about the list which included the following: "Along with the obvious invitation to historians and theorists of the past, we encourage active artists to present, discuss, and theorize their work." John's posts fit into the above framework. Also from the introductory notes about the list is this: "Several kinds of behavior will result in expulsion from Fluxlist. Abuse, harassment, impersonation, violation of confidentiality, reposting of private posts without permission and spamming are unacceptable. " I think your spoof poems are bordering on harassment now and ask that you stop this campaign and post more positive material instead if you wish to contribute to the list. You've made your point, now is the time to let it lie before things get unpleasant. On a more positive note you never told us what happened with your 7th Annual Tournament of Blockades. Some info on how that turned out would be great. cheers, Sol.
