On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 02:26:42PM -0500, Gary Nunn wrote: > Right, wrong, good or bad, if you don't like it, then propose a change > to whatever policy (if there is one) so that it doesn't happen again.
That is what Rob was doing, and I was getting around to. The change proposed, in case you missed it, is to let the list know when someone is banned for "political" reasons (i.e., people don't like what they are writing). > I disagree with the way it happened, but I don't think that it is a > big enough deal to throw virtual bricks at them either. Bricks? Would you care to cite that where that happened? > They made a decision, lets examine what we learned from that decision > and ask them to handle it differently in the future. It can be that > simple and painless. It sounds like you have changed your position, because previously you criticized Rob for doing just that. > Really? I had no idea. If that's true, then he has my congratulations > and appreciation for changing his posting style. Either way, no matter > how you slice or dice it, that does not change the fact that what he > was posting on the original Brin-L was pretty much drivel. Drivel is in the eye of the beholder. As for your question, I guess he is afraid that he would be kicked off again. And I can't blame him, considering the way he was treated previously. *** The price of freedom of religion or of speech or of the press is that we must put up with, and even pay for, a good deal of rubbish --Justice Robert Jackson. *** -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
