I should have stood up for Grok, because his comments (at least the ones I read) were accurate, but I was busy at the time. Grok, I'm sorry I let you down. Folks, see my website for evidence that supports Grok's political/economic analysis:
http://www.cosmicpenguin.com/ I think he (and everyone else) should be allowed unrestricted posting to the VoB list (except for commercial spam, of course). If we've all been subscribed to it all along, then no one has been using it except very recently, so it may as well be used freely for so-called "off topic" messages. Actually, unless people develop a lot more awareness of what's going on politically and economically, and join the struggle against the very greedy and evil ones that control our world, we're all in for a very bad time. So Grok's messages really aren't "off topic", but if some people don't want to see them, then his posting them to the B list seems like an excellent solution, because those who don't want to see them can unsubscribe from it. Bill, please reinstate Grok under the sole condition that he post non-scientific messages only to the B list. As to requiring him to reveal his identity, as Harry says, that's unfair unless it's demanded of everyone. As for apologizing... that's too close to the way the Catholic Church treated Galileo, demanding that he recant. Grok, I'm putting you on my personal mailing list. If you have one, please put me on it. Mark On Sun, Jun 07, 2009 at 11:27:41PM -0400, Harry Veeder wrote: > >----- Original Message ----- >From: William Beaty <[email protected]> >Date: Sunday, June 7, 2009 10:30 pm >Subject: Re: [Vo]:grok is removed temporarily > >> On Fri, 5 Jun 2009, William Beaty wrote: >> >> > To resubscribe, I require that he apologize for his off-topic >> postings,> reveal his identity, and promise to eliminate all >> political commentary. >> >> Grok said no thanks, to the above. > >I am not sure why he should apologize for his off-topic postings, >since the occasional off topic postings are permitted as long they >include the label 'Off-Topic' or 'OT' in the header. > >If you expect him to reveal his true identity then that should be >written in the rules. > >If the political commentary incorporates *personal* insults, instead of >responding in kind or challenging the commentary, the insult should >first be pointed out to the moderator. >Harry
