At 06:43 PM 12/10/02 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote:
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of J. van Baardwijk > Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 11:46 AM... > I must disagree with this. Off-list offenses are a private matter between > the sender and the recipient, and therefore it is for the recipient (and > only the recipient) to decide how to deal with it (kill-filing, flaming > back, filing an abuse report with the offender's ISP). As an off-list > offense by definition does not take place on-list, it is not for the > listowners or the community as a whole to punish the offender. This is a difficult area. The list managers certainly can't become the Internet Police for anybody who participates in the list. On the other hand, if list members respond to list messages with off-line personal attacks or spam, is that something that should lead to restrictions? Or is it between them (and their ISPs, presumably) at that point? Perhaps it should be perfectly acceptable to forward spam or personal attacks, sent off-list but related to the list, to the list managers for publication on the list. Thus, there'd be a double-check that it's really an offense, but takes away the sender's ability to privately hassle list members over list-related things. Goodness, this is complicated.
I think I have a simpler solution:
"Don't send anything (either on-list or off-list) that you would find offensive if it were directed towards you."
GSV Luke 6:31 (Golden Rule class)
--Ronn! :)
I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed that I would see the last.
--Dr. Jerry Pournelle
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