-Caveat Lector-
Now that I have your attention, I shall add my two-cents' worth on the
matter of how the list should be run.
I have been on and off this list going on a couple years now. Kris owns the
list and it is HIS arena. If the players don't want to play in that arena
by HIS rules, then there are other lists. If any of you think it is easy
running a list I suggest you try it sometime. It will push every button you
have and some you never knew you had.
It is impossible to herd cats. And the type of people that attract to a
list like this are the independent types. But every now and then a fleabag
hound will come along and will need to be bounced from the list to keep
everyone from fighting like cats and dogs. If someone gets bounced from the
list and you don't like it, then you can always correspond with that person
privately whenever you so desire.
It won't work creating two lists. You will divide the energy and reduce the
synergy of the GROUP ENERGY that is created by the very act of having a
list of this genre, and that will reduce the effectiveness of the list.
(Unless you don't think the list affects anything.)
If the list owner makes rules, most people won't even read them. Many of
the ones that do read them will forget them in a short period of time.
Others will ignore them. You can remind them, threaten them, or be nice to
them, but in the long run the list owner ends up spending a greater and
greater portion of his/her time chastising someone. After a short while
this gets real frustrating. So the only way to get everyone's attention is
to occasionally publicly EXTINGUISH the offender from the list.
The most important thing any of us can do is make sure our post accurately
reflects what you are trying to project to the masses of the planet, before
we press that SEND button. How many posts have you seen where the gist of
the message is basically idle chit-chat? How many hours are spent a week
deleting these kinds of messages. If you want something to complain about
then complain to those people who post irrelevant posts.
This post will be forgotten by you in a few minutes anyway, so it really
doesn't matter.
ME
On Saturday, January 09, 1999 4:32 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> In a message dated 1/9/99 4:30:42 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
> << You own the list. You can do what ever you want with it. However,
> your banning Hawk from the list without even a warning or and ending to
> that particular thread is objectionable to me. Will I be next? Now I
> will have to be looking at everything I write and wonder if I will be
> cut off for writing it. I don't know if your cutting him from the list
> is because of what you stated or if it was because you did not wish to
> deal with an arguement you had firmly planted in your mind and did not
> wish to have shaken. I personally do not recall a passage in the Bible
> which condemns slavery even though my own code of ethics precludes it.
> Perhaps a deeper understanding of the moral code of 3,000 years ago and
> its relationship to that of today would be useful. I don't know. But
> apparently we aren't going to be discussing it here.
>
> best wishes, Howard Davis >>
>
> I beg to differ with you here. Kris did indeed warn him and all others
about
> the rhetoric, and has on several occasions made his wishes known as far
as
> what is acceptable and what is not on this list. The use of the bible
and
> other religious material for the furtherance of ones own particular
viewpoints
> is off topic here and smacks of proselytizing and if you will look at the
> disclaimer in every post this is clearly forbidden. Personally I would
have
> done the same, but maybe would have added a few other people to the list
as
> well. Kris does an admirable job here having to deal with so much
garbage
> makes the job that much harder. This list is about conspiracy theory,
get it?
> If not, bye, bye.
> Thanks
> Teo1000
>
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spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL
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