On 18/08/06, Santosh Helekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am in favor of suspension or even expulsion of such > a character if he does not stop the serial abuse
Do you guys remember the time when Herman suspended a member, sometimes in 1996 or so? I recall though most of us were angry with that person who got suspended (I don't recall who it was). But after the suspension, there was a whole lot of sympathy for him. In those days, the Net was a far less cynical place. Virii weren't as common (though I was still using Windows then). And spam was virtually unheard of. So, we felt that a terrible thing had happened. We all appealed to Herman (there was no Admin Team yet then). And, Herman, all of 19 or so, after some silence from his part, lifted the suspension. We had a lot more women members on Goanet then. And we were all much younger (obviously). Sometimes I think of James Almeida and Sharon, the two Goanetters known to have actually got married. (Others may have met on Goanet, or via the Cybermatrimonials, but never publicly acknowledged it. Even a promised invite for a wedding -- it's quite safe to send these to me, as I usually play truant -- didn't turn up. Even though I was then maintaining the Cybermatrimonials.) We should have a token $1 prize for the best memories on Goanet's 12th birthday! -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org 9822122436 +91-832-240-9490 http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org