In a message dated 9/9/07 12:09:51 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
: FairfieldLife@ FairfieldLi FairfieldLife@<WBR>yahoogr FairfieldLife@ FairOn Behalf Of authfriend Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 9:52 AM To: FairfieldLife@ FairfieldLi Fa Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Policy and updated guidelines --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com) , "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > Point 1, below, includes the following: "Please refrain from > personal attacks, insults..." Since a few members habitually > ignore this guideline, we're going to try putting some teeth > in it. On a trial basis, those who can't refrain from "flaming" > (personal attacks) or indulge in gratuitous profanity or sexist, > racist, etc. slurs will be banned for a week, 2nd offense 2 > weeks, etc. (FWIW, I won't be "reporting" anybody, publicly or privately.) Snip These are all good points Judy and I agree with them. As you know, I have been very reluctant to institute such a policy, for many of the reasons you mention. I consider it to be an experiment, and I’ll drop it if it doesn’t work. At t this point, my idea of personal attacks and insults are the more blatant, abrasive ones. I have no problem with “you need a checking.” I do have a problem with calling someone a f*ckhead or threatening them with physical violence. Let’s see how it goes. There are more posts on the topic which I have yet to read. Maybe I’ll respond to some of those. They call it political correctness. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
