So you say there needs to be no off topic posts to this list? Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 19, 2013, at 9:23 AM, "Gerry Archer" <arche...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > Banned light? The word "banned" turns off a lot of people. You might change > "banned light" to Mercedes Social or something similar with better results. > Of course, there needs to be a little "management" or "tough love". > When a member keeps posting non-Mercedes items on the Mercedes list, he needs > to be "banned" from that list after several warnings, but not the social > list. I've never seen an internet list prosper that didn't have some > management. All this bickering "turns off" members who are interested in > Mercedes but not in guns, abortion, politics, etc., etc. > If you don't have time to "manage" the list, you can appoint a sufficient > number of "moderators" > to keep the Mercedes list free of non-Mercedes topics. Warnings would come > from "the moderators" so no individual moderator could be blamed. I belong > to a list that has 15 moderators and it works quite well. > Gerry > >> We already have a list like that, it's called banned lite, nobody uses it > Kaleb > >>> Hi Kaleb, >>> You have a group of people who want to talk about all sorts of subjects >>> other than Mercedes. Why don't you set up a "Mercedes Social List" for >>> discussion only and let the members of the group enforce the Mercedes >>> Repair list for Mercedes discussions only? >>> >>> The Mercedes Banned List will never serve as a discussion list because >>> profanity, personal attacks, and "anything goes" do not go well with >>> thoughtful discussion and many won't go there. >>> Gerry >>> >>> From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <ka...@striplin.net> >>>> Now we are really going off the deep end of off topic. Lets not forget >>>> these same people who think we need to take away guns because they will >>>> kill people are in favor of abortion. I guess it's ok to kill kids when >>>> they might be an inconvenient problem at the time. >>>> >>>> On Jan 18, 2013, at 10:54 PM, Brian Toscano <brian.tosc...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> I still can't understand the irrational fear some people have of guns. >>>>> I think it is just a stigma passed down to them by their environment. >>>>> Possibly because in the Northeast and other areas that are anti-gun most >>>>> gun owners are cops and criminals. >>>>> In other parts of the country guns are just part of life and no big deal. >>>>> What annoys me the most is that these anti-gun people seem to want federal >>>>> bans on guns as if they know what's good for the entire country (and the >>>>> rest of us are just ignorant rednecks and hillbillies) >>>>> >>>>>> On Jan 18, 2013, at 8:20 PM, "Mountain Man" >>>>>> <maontin....@gmail.com<javascript:;>> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> The tactic sounds interesting, but totally not necessary for my life. >>> >>>>>> Dude, we gotta get you a job, so you can have a life... >>>>>> Rick >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2639/5543 - Release Date: 01/19/13 > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
