"Sorry" would have done Bo but you are, it appears, incorrigible.
Well done Horse. Do your worst. I owe the group an apology too ... but as Horse pointed out ... Bo's arguments are largely personal attacks, and I responded to one such aimed at me personally, almost a month ago. Sorry. Ian On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 8:58 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Horse > I have an understanding for rules and regulations and those expelled > this far - Squonk, Maxwell, Bradford - violated the normal rules of > behavior, particularly the latter's appearance" at the MOQ Conference > was unforgiving, but my take of the MOQ that Pirsig - far from having > rejected - has approached gradually, and has said "...if having quality > will percolate ...etc." and percolated it has. I have no idea how these > your rules are to be complied with. If I start and end my posts with "In > my opinion" I can manage, but not much can be said about the MOQ > without touching on what you use so many contemptuous call-signs for > (a beloved child has many names we say) ZAMM conveys it and > about half of LILA Strange that you chose to act the security agent > spending your day counting how many times a post contains the > forbidden words and how many posts a day per person. I don't fathom > why the "righteous" just can't ignore inputs that don't interest them - > Magnus' "stacks" died quickly - but I guess it's when I point to them > inadvertently trespassing into their own forbidden field that enrages > them so much. I guess you have to throw me out the front door, like > Phaedrus I refuse to slink out by the back one. > > Bodvar > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 16 Aug 2010 at 22:02, Horse wrote: > >> [FROM THE OWNER AND ADMINISTRATOR OF MOQ_DISCUSS] >> >> Imagine this sound >> >> kerrr-ACK >> >> Do you know what that sound is? >> >> On 15/08/2010 17:12, [email protected] wrote: >> > <SNIP> >> > Thanks Platt, this put things in the right perspective, I feel a >> > bit sorry for Horse being caught with his pants down and his liberal >> > attitude so badly tainted. >> >> It's the sound of the camel's back breaking. And here it goes again: >> >> > Anyway, the SOL refuses to go away for the obvious reason >> > that it IS the idea that the MOQ is founded on and all threads on >> > the MOQ will end there. >> > >> >> So for the last 10-12 years or so I've been very reasonable, very >> liberal and very much inclined to discuss my decisions relating to the >> running of MD and my reward for this has been to have a few members of >> MD at various times shove shit in my face. So it stops here. And it >> stops now. >> >> I made what I thought was a reasonable request in a reasonable and >> polite way and what I get is Bo being insulting, piss-taking and >> derogatory. In addition to this, he also continues to ply the same >> shit that I've asked him to cease in the same way that he has >> continued to do so since the last time I asked him. Obviously making a >> request (polite or otherwise) as the administrator and owner of MD is >> not the way to deal with those on the list who think I'm some sort of >> fucking sap! >> >> As has been pointed out in the past, this is my house and my rules so >> from now on when I make a request that someone stops whatever >> behaviour I feel is inappropriate then that behaviour stops. >> Immediately. If it doesn't then you're out - no argument, no second >> warning. Re-instatement will only occur when an apology to myself and >> the forum is received, as well as an undertaking that the behaviour >> will not be repeated. If it is repeated then removal will be >> permanent. >> >> If you think it's amusing or clever to take the piss out of me, >> criticize me, accuse me of censorship or generally make unpleasant, >> derogatory or insulting remarks for doing my best to do my job (and do >> it properly and well) as administrator of this list then you will >> discover that you won't be participating in MD discussions any longer. >> Similarly, if you want to play stupid word games with me over one of >> my decisions or try and provoke or antagonise me for doing my job as >> administrator you'll be removed without any warning whatsoever. >> Hopefully, if you've read this far, you'll get the gist of what I'm >> saying - My House, My Rules. >> >> If you don't like any of the above then now is the time to re-consider >> whether you want to continue to participate in these discussions. If >> you don't feel that you can continue under these conditions then >> leave. >> >> You used to have an administrator who tried to be reasonable and fair >> and tried to take everybody's opinion into account but, unfortunately, >> due to the abuse of a few members (not just Bo) that person has now >> retired and you have me in his place. >> >> So Bo, I hope you're reading this because here's what you're going to >> do: >> >> If you want to discuss the SOL/SIM/SOLAQI (or whatever new acronym you >> think up) then you make it _very_ _very_ clear that it is your >> interpretation. You do not imply that the SOL has anything to do with >> Pirsigs version of the MoQ. You do not state that the SOL >> interpretation is the one true version of the MoQ - or state anything >> similar. You do not interject into a conversation with your SOL >> nonsense. You start a new thread. You do not post more than twice a >> day with regard to the SOL interpretation. >> >> The above also goes for those who support your position. >> >> I would also greatly appreciate others not provoking Bo or his >> supporters as this is unfair and unreasonable. I, and the majority >> here, are sick to death of this incomprehensible and pointless >> nonsense, so the less that you peddle it the happier most people will >> be. >> >> I'm sorry that it's come to this as it's not the way I would have >> preferred but that's the way it is from now on. >> >> Thank you all for your time >> >> Horse [Administrator] >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring >> production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid." - Frank >> Zappa >> >> Moq_Discuss mailing list >> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >> Archives: >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >> http://moq.org/md/archives.html >> >> > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
