Keith, Given the below my respect for you Keith is even greater and my respect for the folks who need to vent went up a notch as well. To resist the temptation to <snip> posters such as myself who not only disagree with you but can be rather abrasive when doing so is a very difficult position to be in. But if you can put up with the "unsubscribe me cause I can't be bothered to read" crowd you must have a pretty thick skin. I mean that as a compliment as I am proud of mine.
And for the posters that so vehemently oppose my views to directly post their...um...sometimes well beyond rude comments to me privately rather than subject the group to them also takes a great deal of restraint. I am honestly impressed and surprised. Dana --- Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dana Linscott wrote: > > <snip> > > >have been getting off list......some of them are... > >ummm...pretty foul and either Keith is blocking > them > >from posting on the list or they still have the > good > > This is not a moderated list, incoming messages are > not vetted by me > or by anyone, they go directly to list members and > the list website. > There have been cases where I've put individual > members under > moderation. For instance, after four failed attempts > to get Woodland > B.V. to explain his statement that biodiesel is > toxic and as > hazardous as petrodiesel, I put him under moderation > so that I'd > intercept his disinfo before it got to the list and > the archive. > We've also had a couple of trolls who had to be > moderated, and then > kicked out, by popular demand. I now also moderate > members who send > "unsubscribe" messages to the list instead of to the > unsub address > that comes twice with every message, and after > writing to them > off-list explaining what to do. Thus I've just > stopped a FOURTH unsub > message sent to the list by one person, though I've > written to him > three times. Not much you can do if people won't pay > attention. Apart > from that there is no censorship here. > > Keith Addison > Journey to Forever > Handmade Projects > Osaka, Japan > http://journeytoforever.org/ > > List owner > > <snip> > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE credit report with a FREE CreditCheck Monitoring Service trial http://us.click.yahoo.com/ACHqaB/bQ8CAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/