Guys, guys, guys. Calm down. Sheesh! > This is a public forum for those who believe in free speech, not a news magazine, and not the Entertainment Channel:-)) Pretend you are in a coffee house or a bar. The guests are from all over the world. Each has his or her own point of view. Occasionally the discussions will generate some heat with the light being in the eye of the beholder. Are you forgetting we are mostly Goans where 5 people can generate at least 10 opinions at the same time on the same topic, even before the first drink is served? > And don't even get me started on the Portuguese, who are still fondly remembered by some for keeping the rest of us in line, with whips in the words of one member. > Name calling and foul language on Goanet? Saiba boggus. The sharp-eyed Goanet moderators always send my posts back to change terms they deem to be name-calling or foul language. Talk about authoritarian. Once they would not allow me to call someone an Ayatollah, which I thought was a highly respected cleric among Muslim Shia:-)) > In recent months, over 75% of the posts have been cut and paste articles from newspaper web sites, so how come Vidhyadhar found 75% of the posts to be "un-readable"? > In fact, in the same post referenced below, Clinton Vaz later called those he was accusing "trolls", and got away with it, proving he was like the pot calling the kettle black when it comes to sophisticated name-calling and foul language. > BTW, when was the last time anyone saw Clinton Vaz point out someone else's "mindless nonsense". If there was so much of it on Goanet one would think that he would have easily been able to post an occasional rebuttal to the nonsense. > I guess there are some who only want to be entertained and cannot deal with free speech and robust debate. They should start their own newsgroup, use their delete buttons as often as I do, or drop in and out as Vidhyadhar has suggested, and even provided detailed instructions for. > --- Vidyadhar Gadgil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-03-25 at 12:59 -0800, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > From: "Clinton Vaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [Goanet] What's happening to Goanet? > > Enough of this nonsense. The past few months have > seen Goanet > > discussions > > degenerate into mindless nonsense, name calling > and foul language. I'm > > missing the old Goanet and I don't want to read > posts like this that > > make no > > sense at all. > > Yeah, this is really getting to be too much. About > 75% of Goanet > nowadays is unreadable. At the risk of being called > authoritarian, the > moderators need to step in and take strong action, > else people will be > unsubscribing in droves, I'm sure many have already > done so. > _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: %(user_optionsurl)s This email sent to %(user_address)s