From: Jonathan Stowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 12:31 PM
> On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Cross David - dcross wrote:
>
> > From: Jonathan Stowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 12:14 PM
> >
> > > On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Marcel Grunauer wrote:
> > >
> > > > Does that mean you unsubscribed him?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Yes. If we want to be cliquey and elitist we can do so without
upstarts
> > > like that coming along and upsetting us.
> >
> > Actually, I think that's a little harsh. I think (hope) that probably he
> > just had the wrong idea about the list and after we'd pointed out what
the
> > list was for he could have made up his own mind whether to stay or go.
>
> Note that it was the second inflammatory message that got him unsubscribed
> not the first.
>
> I think he made his mind up that he wanted to stay and flame *after* we
> pointed out what the list was for.
I think that the second flame was simply him failing to understand one of
our in-jokes and over-reacting because of the abuse he'd been given by
others on the list.
I really think that lots of people overreacted here. What was wrong with
simply pointing out what the list is for and leaving it at that. Having a go
at him ensured that it was all going to get out of hand.
Dave...
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