Pudgala, Thank you for your public support for our new policy and I as a moderator encourage you to post to the group...
I also encourage all other lurker members to post also now that they needn't worry about overly harsh responses.... Best, Edgar On Jun 26, 2013, at 7:10 PM, pudgala2 wrote: > > > Hello Bill!, > > I don't know how your email got through to me but I'm glad it did. It reads > like something I could have written. I am in awe of Zen and enjoy expressing > my understanding of it. I am now reconsidering posting here. > > Thank you, > pudgala2 > > --- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote: > > > > This is the policy Edgar, Al and I have come up with regarding future Posts > > and Replies. Please review it and return comments preferably publicly or > > privately if you must to Edgar or me. > > > > *************************** > > > > - All posts and replies should have some relevance to the forum's published > > topic – zen,or related areas such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, > > philosophy, etc..., as long as you tie it back to zen. Digressions will be > > tolerated to some extent, but any truly off-topic conversations should be > > taken off the forum to another medium such as email. > > - No personal attacks will be tolerated – ad hominems. This will be > > strictly enforced. Calling someone `stupid' and then following that with a > > smiley face will not be accepted as an amelioration. > > - Spirited disagreements about ideas or opinions are encouraged. > > > > - The Forum Moderators will discuss any problematic Posts or Replies and > > will issue a warning (privately via email) to anyone they deem to have > > violated this policy. There is no set number of warnings. The number could > > range from zero to three or four depending on the severity of the violation > > as determined by the Moderators. > > - If the member does continues to violate this policy his/her membership > > posting privileges will be changed to MODERATE - which means all Posts and > > Replies will have to be read and approved by the Moderators before it is > > posted to the Forum. > > > > ************************ > > > > Please return your comments or suggestions promptly so we can enact this > > policy post haste. > > > > Thanks...Bill! ...for Edgar and Al > > > >
