On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 14:33:54 +0530, Cecil Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Fred Noronha wrote... FN [Hi Cecil: There is a place for 'adult' content; but that's not on Goanet. We at Goanet-Admin were finding some risque and rude content slipping in, and that's not the idea of a list we'd like to create.] CP Perhaps Fred would like to define 'adult content'. Other than the 'risque and rude' content does Fred feel that all other postings on GoaNet are suitable for a 'family' list. My contention is not that Goanet should be made a 'adult' list. I want to know when the GoaNet Admin Team decided it is a 'family' list as Viviana emphasised. I notice Fred has shrewdly not used the word 'family'. There are many shades between 'family' and 'adult' and I don't think that GoaNet should go to either extreme. --------- FN [In terms of *another list* you talked of, I would recommend the list below to whoever is interested: From [EMAIL PROTECTED] ====== This article has been sent to you by Cecil Pinto Hot News Service (our motto - Search and we will find - and forward) To stop receiving such articles please send me back an e-mail saying "I'm not yet grown up. Stop treating me like an adult!" If you found the news informative then use it in conversation, and forward it to others who might be interested. Feedback welcome. CP Please note that not only did Fred get my e-mail address wrong, he wrongly described Cecil Pinto Hot News Service as a 'list'. It is a Free Adult News and Entertainment service and purely for Private Direct Circulation. --------- FN [In the meantime, pray, let Goanet remain a frank but not lewd, blunt but not rude, mailing list that shouldn't be out-of-bounds for anyone of any age on grounds of its content.] CP Why doesn't Fred say the word? Does Fred want this to be a 'family' list? Not wanting 'lewd' and 'rude' behavior is perfectly ok. But making it acceptable for 'anyone of any age' is a tall task. I can easily take at least 20% of last months postings and convincingly prove that they would not be acceptable reading material for an impressionable 8 year old. -------- FN [Also, I would second the view that we need a platform for discussion which allows new members to join in without making them feel intimiadated, and allows women to post while minimising the chauvinism that silences their voices in so many other Goan debates. Looking forward to hearing the views of others on this... FN] CP Here I totally agree. In fact I have privately written to enthusiastic new posters, who sometimes got slammed, and explained to them how to approach such discussion groups and play the field. I had compiled a FAQ specifically for newcomers to know what happened and what's happening, but that was rejected by the Admin Team. I am still willing to re-write it and post it so it can serve as an introduction and a guideline for newcomers. There are no rude words or adult descriptions in my FAQ but just some opinions which were construed as slander by the Holy of Holies. I repeat I can re-write it, but not for 8 year olds to understand!! One has to draw the line somewhere. =========== ########################################################################## # 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 # ##########################################################################
