please remove me. I have tried to opt out of the group but that didn't work.
-----Original Message----- >From: "M. G. Devour" <mdev...@eskimo.com> >Sent: Oct 3, 2010 9:45 PM >To: silver-list@eskimo.com >Cc: zebulan5...@yahoo.com, davedar...@gmail.com >Subject: CS>WARNING! from list owner > >I'm always amazed at the difference 24 hours can make. Things weren't >going too bad, until somebody decided they are going to try to run the >list for me. > >Robert offered what I would consider a prescription for a spiritual >healing modality, little different than EFT or Reiki or other 'energy >healing' or otherwise non-physical techniques that sometimes pop up in >discussions here. > >As odd as it may seem to those who are particularly sensitive to the G- >word, it was actually a technical post, if largely off topic. > >I never have and do not now intend for those types of contributions to >become a frequent feature of the list or to overwhelm our discussions. > >That said, Robert's infraction of the list rules was of such a >negligible nature that I would only have cautioned him about it, >gently, and only if he'd showed signs of making a habit of it. > >The response to Robert's post by Dave and a few others is a more >serious problem. > >The list rule prohibiting discussion of religion and politics is not >intended as a WEAPON to be used by members to enforce THEIR will on >other members, but a tool for each member to guide their OWN behavior. > >Dave labelling Robert's post as "... a bunch of obscene bull shit" is >an attack that is entirely out of proportion to the provocation and not >behavior I intend to tolerate toward *ANY* of my members. > >First and most obvious, Dave does NOT run the list, I do. It's not his >or any other member's job to discipline other members or to complain >about their behavior on-list. Such public complaints are disruptive in >themselves and are also clearly against the same rules he was so quick >to invoke. > >Your job as members is to contact me privately when, in your opinion, >something is going wrong on the list. I will happily accept such input >and use it to guide my moderation, many times acting behind the scenes >to coach people toward the expected behavior. > >That's my job, use me. > >Second, the prohibition on discussions of religion, spirtuality, or the >metaphysical is not the same as intolerance OF those beliefs. As I say >in the list rules... > >> I am not asking you to "de-God" everything you say, do or think, >> however. Brief greetings, thanks, and prayer requests or offerings are >> acceptable. The occasional "God bless", or "you're in our prayers" >> will not be seen as a transgression. > >Yes, Robert's offering was outside those guidelines and not the kind of >thing I am going to encourage routinely, but I will also not allow the >creation of an environment which is HOSTILE to those who so believe. > >Intolerance of spirituality is no better or worse in my eyes, as the >person who has to moderate the discussion, than the religious >intolerance that causes such topics to rapidly descend to the very >flames of hell in the first place. > >So... > >Tolerance is called for on both sides... ALL sides. > >Public complaints about other members' behavior or actions are not >appropriate or allowed. > >Aggressive behavior toward other members, who are also my guests here, >is *still* prohibited. > >Lastly, since at least one person mentioned it, let me remind you all >that I also consider assaultive or aggressive behavior in private e- >mail to other members inappropriate. If you receive such items and they >concern you, let me know. Participation in this list should not result >in anyone being subjected to such things. > >For your reference, the list rules reside at www.silverlist.org ... >Please re-read them and contact me if you have any further questions. > >Let the thread die now. Don't respond if somebody else does before they >see this message. It may take another day or two for it to completely >end. Let it. > >Thank you, > >Mike Devour >silver-list owner > >[Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] >[mdev...@eskimo.com ] >[Speaking only for myself... ] > > >-- >The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org > >Unsubscribe: > <mailto:silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com?subject=unsubscribe> >Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/silver-list@eskimo.com/maillist.html > >Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com> >List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:mdev...@eskimo.com> > >
