It is my opinion, not as the moderator of this group, but as the list owner of another Yahoo group (I don't moderate messages), that if the discussion and discuss-ees (I know, don't think that's really a word) have the basic theme of the Yahoo group at heart - if the intention to bring the conversation to the theme of the group is there (in this group's case, Zen and how to live our lives in a Zen-ish? fashion), then go for it (no bashing and no slander). As list owner, I watch the conversation and if it is going too far off the mark, then I try to pull it back. I'm not always successful, so if I or the discuss-ees can't get it back on track I pipe in and say it's over. My plan is that then if someone doesn't stop, then I'll remove them, but thankfully, I haven't had to do that.
Anyway, I hope you don't throw the baby out with the bath water. I urge you to post; we all express ourselves differently and we can learn a lot from each other. Kathy ------------------------------------------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of agentkjj005 Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 9:44 AM To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Zen] Off Topic Discussions and Participants As someone who took part in the upset over the Danish cartoons, I felt I was trying to bring some sense of Zen to the discusssion -- name calling is unproductive in seeking to solve what one sees as a problem. My responses were evidently judged to be offensive and the whole episode has been deleted, so I don't post in an attempt to raise it again. Since I was part of such an upset, it seemed best to me not to post. I haven't gone away in anger. I have withdrawn because I was part of an upset the moderator wished to end. We all bring our own life experience to the study of Zen, seeking a different and better path, while still bearing the burdens -- real and psychological -- of who we are and where we've been. Sometimes it is hard to look beyond our situation and our experience. Again, I apologize to all for any comments I made that caused offense to be taken. KJJ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today! Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today! Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
