David Hobby wrote:
>
>>> This is an action that I take only with GREAT
>>> reluctance. However, neither Julia nor I is
>>> willing to endure harassment of this kind.
> ....
>> I imagine that you have collect a lot of interesting
>> material for your study of internet communities and
>> how they deal with a crisis.
>>
>> Or maybe not - probably the listmembers that would
>> support Jeroen are silent, because this is not a
>> conflict between common listmembers,
>> but between a listmember and the list Overlord.
>
> Hey, you forgot the emoticons! : (
>
No, I didn't.
> I guess that I support Nick's action, anyway I
> gave up and killfiled Jeroen for keeps weeks ago.
> We keep kicking around ideas on easy ways to
> collectively deal with individuals who don't
> respect etiquette. But until we do come up with one
> that works, the listowner and overlord has to step in.
>
I begin to understand why Jeroen was singled-out to
be the victim-of-the-day. Some reasons are obvious:
he *was* a listowner, so our meme of challenge
authority took control. Others are subtle.
And his behaviour in the past days, with mailbombing,
lawsuits, and forged headers, make him a very
tasty target! Who's better to be harassed as someone
who screams and shouts?
I guess by now everybody will be very pleased,
seeing how he is reacting. "I was right! He's not
a member of a civilization! Let's ban him forever!"
Alberto Monteiro
PS: I am _also_ a meme-stereotype. If everybody is
against Jeroen, then I must stand to be the Defender
of the Lost Cause :-)
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