At 12:30 PM 12/26/2012, Eric Walker wrote:
On Dec 25, 2012, at 21:41, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax <[email protected]> wrote:
> However, there is a difference here. I'm the only Muslim on this
list, as far as I know.
Bingo. As members of modern, pluralistic societies, we shouldn't
allow hate propaganda. We shouldn't allow it in relation to Jews,
and we shouldn't allow it in relation to Muslims. I personally do
not mind the occasional snarky comment about religion; but in that
instance it is generally about *all* religion and does not single
out one group.
There was one unfortunate comment that made a reference to
Christians, an indirect reference to Jojo. It was relatively mild,
had a similar comment been made about me, I'd certainly not have
dived in to argue with it. An equivalent might be, talking about some
irrelevant topic, say some terrorist event involving Muslims, "Will
we hear from our resident fanatic Muslim."
Well, I hope I'm not fanatic, but that's really only a minor
interpretive error. So what?
But some extended rant about, say, ignorant creationists, would be
provocative, such discussions, if they are to take place at all,
should not be allowed to become uncivil.
There is no "off-topic" problem. This is a manufactured issue meant
to serve as a pretext for what is essentially parasitic behavior.
The one proposing that such an issue exists has shown little to no
interest in providing a meaningful contribution to the on-topic
threads. He is no doubt here primarily to get attention and to stir
the pot; ie, whatever he was here for a year ago, he is now here to
troll. Once this is recognized, we can deal with the matter in the
way that this kind of thing is normally dealt with -- summarily and
with little comment.
Eric
The evidence support's Eric's interpretation, generally. It might be
enough to issue a specific warning, though, and then only "deal with
it summarily" if the warning is ignored. It's up to the list owner,
how much effort he wants to put into this. I've recommended the warning route.
