--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Jason" <jedi_spock@...> wrote: > > > > --- "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > They have drowned and driven off what originally had been > > a substantial community of writers about FFL. I do not > > feel that FFL should be maintained for these few people to > > use as their hate-full blog to just write their personal > > animosities towards each other. It is just abusive all > > the way around and has wrecked the breadth of a > > substantial salon that you Rick had hoped for all along > > with FFL. These people have destroyed the readership of > > FFL. There were long times that FFL was substantial and > > important to the spiritual well-being of Fairfield life. > > Rick it would be better now that you turn off the posting > > to FFL and now just let the archive stand as the important > > historical resource that it has become for the scholarly. > > But shut the posting-list down now and let these people > > find some other place to bait each other. > > > > > Buck has a point. Some use this forum as a personal blog > and some use it as if it's a family blog. > > Rick, shut it down temporarily for three weeks. It will > give the members the time to rejig and reboot their brains. > > Not that it's going to change their characters or behaviour. > Uncle Tantra and the 'all powerful Judy' and the rest of the > 'mean girls' can take a time out, without feeling left out > or missing out.
Yeaaaa, shut 'er down, shut 'em up, lock 'em out. That'll show 'em, errrrrr. > > > > > > > > > > Look down at the post list and see that very few are actually related to > > > FF or FFL. Most have neither been to Fairfield in modern times nor some > > > of the worst offenders have nothing to do with meditating or Fairfield. > > > Several come here to FFL and just flood up the list who don't even > > > meditate as if they have rights and are part of a community here. These > > > angry and childish have succeeded in flooding out most all writers of > > > merit and most any writing that was communally relevant. Yep, give the > > > FFL list a rest as a place to post. Time to shut it off and re-group if > > > you won't moderate it and these people will not moderate themselves. > > > Hardly anyone is reading it anymore other than the few who post only to > > > antagonize one-another. Put an end to it one way or another. > > > > > > > > > > > We should not have to indulge the wicked in their abusive name-calling > > > > ad hominem behavior here. Stop enabling it. If these people clearly > > > > have no personal restraint and it is not going to be moderated by > > > > themselves then force upon them mailing their personal vendettas > > > > off-list as a stop to subjecting the public to their abuse of the > > > > community and FFL. Yes, consider we give it all a break and suspend > > > > everyone from posting on FFL. Just let the archive stand for what it > > > > is. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A few people have hijacked what could have been so good with their > > > > > exhibited bad social behavior and ill consideration of the group. > > > > > Good content drives readership. Relevant content is what drives > > > > > readership. You know that from your professional life. These few > > > > > people have driven FFL to hell. They have effectively seized the > > > > > forum and driven all the good writers and the FFL audience away. It > > > > > is time to do away their low form of argument here on FFL, to put an > > > > > end to the ad hominem. Push to have the personal invective taken off > > > > > the list. It is time to recapture FFL and take it back for the > > > > > civil, high-minded and good people of the larger community. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Rick, please act soon to save the historic archive that is FFL > > > > > > before Yahoo moves to enforce its new anti-abuse guidelines and > > > > > > closes the pages of the group entirely. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > -Buck > > > > > > > > > > > > --- FFL PostCount <ffl.postcount@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Fairfield Life Post Counter > > > > > > > =========================== > > > > > > > Start Date (UTC): 08/17/13 00:00:00 > > > > > > > End Date (UTC): 08/24/13 00:00:00 > > > > > > > 922 messages as of (UTC) 08/23/13 23:43:32 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 109 doctordumbass > > > > > > > 106 authfriend > > > > > > > 91 obbajeeba > > > > > > > 86 Share Long > > > > > > > 59 Seraphita > > > > > > > 50 Ann > > > > > > > 35 iranitea > > > > > > > 31 Alex Stanley > > > > > > > 30 Ravi Chivukula > > > > > > > 28 RoryGoff > > > > > > > 27 Bhairitu > > > > > > > 25 emilymae.reyn > > > > > > > 19 Mike Dixon > > > > > > > 18 turquoiseb > > > > > > > 18 Michael Jackson > > > > > > > 17 merudanda > > > > > > > 16 Xenophaneros Anartaxius > > > > > > > 16 Bob Price > > > > > > > 14 Jason > > > > > > > 13 sharelong60 > > > > > > > 13 emptybill > > > > > > > 10 sparaig > > > > > > > 10 salyavin808 > > > > > > > 10 card > > > > > > > 9 Emily Reyn > > > > > > > 7 bobpriced > > > > > > > 7 azgrey > > > > > > > 6 nablusoss1008 > > > > > > > 6 John > > > > > > > 5 Rick Archer > > > > > > > 4 raunchydog > > > > > > > 4 Duveyoung > > > > > > > 4 Buck > > > > > > > 3 feste37 > > > > > > > 3 cardemaister > > > > > > > 3 Susan > > > > > > > 2 seventhray27 > > > > > > > 2 Dick Mays > > > > > > > 1 wleed3 > > > > > > > 1 wgm4u > > > > > > > 1 srijau > > > > > > > 1 WLeed3 > > > > > > > 1 Richard J. Williams > > > > > > > 1 PaliGap > > > > > > > Posters: 44 > > > > > > > Saturday Morning 00:00 UTC Rollover Times > > > > > > > ========================================= > > > > > > > Daylight Saving Time (Summer): > > > > > > > US Friday evening: PDT 5 PM - MDT 6 PM - CDT 7 PM - EDT 8 PM > > > > > > > Europe Saturday: BST 1 AM CEST 2 AM EEST 3 AM > > > > > > > Standard Time (Winter): > > > > > > > US Friday evening: PST 4 PM - MST 5 PM - CST 6 PM - EST 7 PM > > > > > > > Europe Saturday: GMT 12 AM CET 1 AM EET 2 AM > > > > > > > For more information on Time Zones: www.worldtimezone.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
