on 12/2/03 3:06 PM, Steve Cramer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Finally to all List participants, I tried to be as measured as I could be > while still communicating the absolute outrage I felt about Jim Graham's > latest attack. I don't apologize for that. Everyone has a right to use this > medium and this forum to express their views as they wish, but I assume people > need to be prepared to take as well as give! I certainly am.
Just a reminder to all list members so there is no confusion: You can express your views here � but within the rules. The ones that trip people up the most are to not be personally insulting and not to wield inflammatory dialogue. So everyone knows, I let Steve know after his initial post that a few of his comments in his previous post tripped the insult meter. (Although Steve was responding to a post that also tripped the insult meter, all members are responsible for abiding by the rules no matter how they are provoked. This, by the way, is one reason we have such rules - insult and inflammatory rhetoric always feed on each other as the discussion thread rolls on.) As with other new members who violate the rules, I asked that Steve restrain himself in the future. (I try to work with all members short of warnings and suspensions.) At least for now, his subsequent post managed to do that, and that's a good thing. Just to reinforce the good things that happen in list discussions, I'd like to thank Bill Cullen and Dennis Plante (I'm probably forgetting some others) for their non-inflammatory, fact-based response to Steve Cramer's initial post. David Brauer List manager REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
