On Thu, 2 Oct 2003, Sachin Phadte wrote: > Re the rules for posting to Goanet and in particular the following: > 1. Do not use foul or abusive language. > 2. Do not engage in personal attacks. In other words, no name-calling. > Would the administrator like to consider naming the persons who has > made the transgression and why they think it is a transgression? The > objective is not to shame a person, but to give an idea what exactly is > inappropriate. > As they say one man's food may be another man's poison. > Sachin
Hi Sachin, You have a point. But, on the other hand, this could lead to an huge round of recriminations and bad-blood, and why-did-you-not-take-action-against-him-but-did-so-versus-me kind of arguments. There is a lot of grey in between the black and white. To run this mailing list, without getting bogged down, we need to appeal to everyone's good sense. Admins have a thankless job of getting sandwitched between accusations of 'censorship' and 'losing control' of the debate. We also have to deal with personal complaints, by persons charging that we are one-sided, pro this website or that, or maybe just too biased. The other day, one post came up for approval, which read "Where the f*** have you been?" Probably the poster though he was writing a personal mail, by replying to someone who posted to Goanet. Personal abuse while debating an issue, whether by naming a person or not, is surely not helpful in taking the matter forward. Some Goanetters have shown their ability to avoid getting personal, and stay focussed on the issue. But a few have used any debate to pour scorn and insult on those they considered their 'opponents', or sought to provoke the worst in others by using troll-type posts. Is this going to take our debate, leave alone the wider network of Goans and people interested in Goa, forward? The rules have been compiled and adapted from other lists, keeping everyone's interest in mind. Goanet intends to keep its forum open to all points of view, regardless of the points of view we hold as individual admin team members. All we ask is (i) don't abuse one another while arguing (ii) maintain decorum, which you would have had you been in a public forum (iii) avoid those pseudonyms, which made sudden appearances when certain issues need to be discussed from under a mask, as it were (iv) generally, follow the Goanet rules, framed solely with the intention of encouraging the maximum number of members to join in making this a useful forum for everyone. We will do our best to keep this forum representative of a wide range of public opinion related to Goa. You help us in ensuring that hidden agendas don't surface in attempts to derail genuine discussion. Thanks, FN ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
