I wrote: > > >I can only add that I have been politely asking Mark to knock this > >stuff off for almost two years now. A significant number of people > >on this list are simply sick of it at this point. >
And John G. wrote: > And? > > And that is why I am asking Jerry to examine the question of whether Mark should be prevented from cross-posting, or if the matter could at least be put to a vote. In response to Mark: I would not agree with John G. about many things. I also am annoyed by PC in many of its manifestations. But that is not what is at issue here. David, Roland and several others have asked that you knock this behavior off. I have as well. You may find it amusing, and perhaps a few others do too, or they mistake this kind of conduct for "free speech". It is really nothing more than harassment, and by cross-posting it here you are not only inflicting it on this list, you are associating its members with it as well. You know, Mark, I do not know what it might be that you hold dear, but if someone wrote you pestering missives like this about whatever that might be, and you patiently responded, and then one day you learned that it was all just an attempt to squeeze a little bit of humor out of twisting you in knots and holding you up to ridicule behind your back, I doubt you would accept a defense of such conduct by the perpetrator's appealing to his free speech rights, or crusading against PC. This is just boorish conduct, pure and simple, and if I were you I would worry that Irfan may tire of it and report you to the authorities for cyberstalking. You are really skirting a line here with this, and saying that is not PC, it is just common sense and common decency. I am all for open discussion, even a heated one that involves some intemperate language. But that is definitely not what is at issue here. This is indefensible. Why don't you just do everyone a favor and knock it off already? John M. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Persons posting messages to not_honyaku assume all responsibility for their messages. The list owner does not review messages prior to posting, and accepts no responsibility for the content of messages posted. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
