People obviously have way too many posts to fire and burn here.
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> Recent case in point, quote: "I thought it was mean spirited, actually. Same
> old invectives hurled at someone:
> " Are you dumb, or dull, or nuts?""
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> > > "Yahoo! Groups give Yahoo! users a place to meet, interact, and share
> > > ideas with each other. .. Yahoo! sets out the terms and conditions of
> > > your use .. some of the key things to remember are:
> > > 1. You may not harass, abuse, threaten, or advocate violence"
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> > Yep, personal by its nature the use the ad hominem is abuse on all these
> > levels.
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> > > >
> > > > Friends;
> > > > But we got a larger problem in want of a better decorum for FFL: Yes,
> > > > by the virtue of the new Yahoo-groups guidelines being placed over us
> > > > we should directly outlaw the ad hominem and name-calling forms of
> > > > argument as lower than the lowest and directly banish those who use
> > > > them here as the fundamental and great threat to our whole way of life
> > > > here on a Yahoo-group that they are.
> > > > Kindly,
> > > > -Buck
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Yep these people have taken toll the life spark of FairfieldLife
> > > > > here on Yahoo-groups with the Ad hominems. Time comes now to do
> > > > > with serious moderation or surely let the list die entirely. Seems a
> > > > > time has come for action one way or the other. Radical action.
> > > > > Resuscitation or it dies.
> > > > >
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> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wleed3 <WLeed3@> wrote:
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> > > > > > > I am leaving if the postings are not reduced much is vitriol
> > > > > > >
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> > > > > > Yep, the name-calling and the ad hominem certainly are the low
> > > > > > forms of argument here and should certainly be outlawed in civil
> > > > > > society and on all Yahoo groups as reprehensible abuse. Yes, by
> > > > > > stark contrast certainly the best writing and exchange on FFL was
> > > > > > in a time when the post count was limited to 35 per week. This
> > > > > > list cries out for a limit to abuse and a strong hand of
> > > > > > moderation. A strict speed limit of 35 posts per week.
> > > > > > -Buck
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > In a message dated 08/23/13 16:55:50 Eastern Daylight Time,
> > > > > > > dhamiltony2k5@ writes:
> > > > > > > Dear Rick, the post-count experiment as a noble hope is clearly
> > > > > > > failing. The lowest form of writing and argument evidently
> > > > > > > dominates FFL with their diluting flood of the post-count of FFL.
> > > > > > > As an elder of the FFL community here I implore you Rick, please
> > > > > > > save our FFL from the lowest form of argument on FFL, the Ad
> > > > > > > hominem . These people's abuse of the list and community here
> > > > > > > with the Ad hominem is too much. Something radical, something
> > > > > > > different needs to be done to save FFL as a spiritual and free
> > > > > > > place.
> > > > > > > Sincerely,
> > > > > > > -Buck
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