I was not expecting any semblance of even-handedness or consistency from
Noronha about his newly minted situational rule about not addressing Goanet
members who are not contributing to Goanet in their official capacity as Doc,
Prof, Fr., etc. From long experience on Goanet and other Goan internet forums
administered by him I know that the rules he makes do not apply to himself. Or
perhaps, the rule applies only for the title of Admin.
But for the first time after repeatedly asking this question for years I have
an admission from him that he is indeed a Goanet Admin. That is good enough for
me. Now as to how an Admin participating in a passionate debate that he is in a
position to moderate in a moderated forum by blocking certain posts and
allowing others, to say nothing about having the privilege of fast tracking his
own posts, can change hats from being an Admin to a simple lowly member of the
forum, I have no earthly idea.
Cheers,
Santosh
----- Original Message -----
From: Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
<fredericknoro...@gmail.com>
To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org>
Cc:
Sent: Monday, December 5, 2011 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] To add to the debate on English : Why can't we all just
get along?
This is getting both boring and childish.
(i) I have a name, so please use it, if you wish.
(ii) As I see it, I do not need either "honorifics" or
patronisingly-bestowed prefixes or suffixes to my name. JC has also
been using the word "patracar" in a similar vein.
(iii) When I take part in Goanet debates, I'm not doing so in my role
as a member of the Goanet Admin Team. If any of us speaks out on
behalf of the Admin Team, we specifically sign the outgoing mail as
such. So why attempt to confuse the roles?
(iv) On 2011/9/27, I had written to you via another network "My first
name is not 'Admin'."
FN
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