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From: Elliot Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed Oct 1, 2003 09:01:55 US/Eastern To: Richard Hotchkiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [UC] [ADMIN] decorum (and more noise)
While I wouldn't recommend that Jeff, or anybody, volunteer to moderate the list, I think that a list owner/sponsor ought to reserve the right to warn individual list participants that their posts objectionable because of ad hominem attacks, racial slurs, etc. Further he or she should reserve the right to remove such a participant from the list, if the participant persists in making such objectionable postings.
I also do not share the sentiment in Richard's line: "So, bring on the ethnic slurs and the noise. Delete is a great key.", or Brian's sense that we should let the assholes reveal that they are assholes. It is one thing to tolerate occasional lapses of decorum, and another to encourage it. Remarks like Richard's and Brian's seem to me to encourage bad manners, and all sorts of offensive verbal mudslinging. Let's not go down the same road as the West Windsor/Paulsboro NJ online community.
Elliot
On Wednesday, Oct 1, 2003, at 08:33 US/Eastern, Richard Hotchkiss wrote:
I agree. Keep it free and open. I think we are all intelligent enough that
we don't need to be parented. If someone want to say something, they are
responsible for what they say.
As to those who say that this is the only list that allows personal attacks
etc., I think you need to go to some other community boards and read. I was
recently searching for something and ran across the board for West
Windsor/Paulsboro NJ. Those people are just mean and abusive to each other
to the point where I was taken back by it (that takes a lot). And this is
from an area with expensive houses and top rated schools, but I digress.
So, bring on the ethnic slurs and the noise. Delete is a great key.
Richard Hotchkiss http://www.hotstrings-inc.com
From: Brian Siano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Brian Siano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 18:30:57 -0400 To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [UC] [ADMIN] decorum (and more noise)
On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 17:52:41 EDT, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
How do people feel about establishing a rule, "no ethnic, racial,
religious, gender or sexual orientation slurs, even if the intent is
irony or parody"? And/or, maybe something in the direction of, "if I
wrote this as a letter to the Inquirer, the DP, or The University City
Review, would my language be acceptable for publication?"
I'm against it. I'd prefer to know which people are assholes and which
aren't, and telling them to keep it under wraps makes it more difficult.
If people want to risk embarassing themselves with silly postings, I say,
let them hang themselves.
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