Stop it already. Sanctimony suffocates. Bruce Leier Aurora/St Anthony
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Forum Manager > Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 15:11 PM > To: St. Paul Issues Forum > Subject: [StPaul] Be Civil - No Insults or Namecalling > > > NOTE: If you have comments, questions, or wish to discuss list rules > - please visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mn-stpaul-rules/ > > Using the forum to complain about the rules or rules violations is > against the rules (see #9 - http://e-democracy.org/rules/ ) ! > > ------------------------------------------------ > > Rule #4) > > 4. Be Civil - No insults, name calling or > inflamed speech. > > Just to let you know. Political leaders and candidates are people and > are covered by our rules. There is no reason to resort to name > calling and insults of candidates or elected officials in this space. > > While I appreciate the increased interest in the mayoral campaign, > I'd like to think that we can have this discussion without the name > calling. In fact, we need to have the discussion without the name > calling, or I'll have to start removing people from the forum. > > Examples - for the purposes of this forum, the following comments > will be considered name calling: > > 1) "Chris Coleman is a notorious hothead" > 2) "I just thought [correctly] that Kelly was > just being a prick" > > Neither of these comments were necessary to make the point being > made, nor will they be tolerated in the future. > > Does anyone have anything positive to share about the candidate that > they are supporting - or can we look forward to a purely negative > campaign of namecalling and insults? > > Please, lurkers - help change the tone of the discussion, by posting > something positive yourselves! Don't let a handful of people set the > entire tone in our forum. > > Best wishes, > > -- > Tim Erickson > Forum Manager > St. Paul Issues Forum > http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ > Hamline Midway Resident > 651-246-5045 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > St. Paul Links - http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/links.html > > "The St. Paul Issues Forum is a interactive e-mail discussion on > important issues about St. Paul public policy. Participation is free > and open to anyone. We currently have about 425 concerned citizens > and community leaders subscribed to our discussion." > ------------------------------------------------- > JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: > http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ > ------------------------------------------------- > POST MESSAGES HERE: [email protected] > > To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul > > Archive Address: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ ------------------------------------------------- JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ ------------------------------------------------- POST MESSAGES HERE: [email protected] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
