Re: Apology (was Re: Off-topic., monotonous posting (was Child-killing religion))

2008-08-21 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:33 AM Thursday 8/21/2008, Lance A. Brown wrote: >Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > > If they are indeed _silent_, what makes you think they agree with you? > >He's a mind reader. Doesn't believe in religion, but does believe in >telepathy. :-) > >The Amazing William Maru > >--[Lance] I was being

Re: Apology (was Re: Off-topic., monotonous posting (was Child-killing religion))

2008-08-21 Thread William T Goodall
On 21 Aug 2008, at 18:53, Olin Elliott wrote: > The list has now been dominated by this discusion for much longer > than seems reasonable. It is much more distracting than William's > posts. It does seem an enormous amount of fuss about one or two posts per week. That's why I don't believ

Re: Apology (was Re: Off-topic., monotonous posting (was Child-killing religion))

2008-08-21 Thread Olin Elliott
l@mccmedia.com> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 8:05 AM Subject: Re: Apology (was Re: Off-topic.,monotonous posting (was Child-killing religion)) On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Lance A. Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Ronn! Blankenship

Re: Apology (was Re: Off-topic., monotonous posting (was Child-killing religion))

2008-08-21 Thread Nick Arnett
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Lance A. Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > > If they are indeed _silent_, what makes you think they agree with you? > > He's a mind reader. Doesn't believe in religion, but does believe in > telepathy. :-) > > The Amazing William Maru

Re: Apology (was Re: Off-topic., monotonous posting (was Child-killing religion))

2008-08-21 Thread Lance A. Brown
Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > If they are indeed _silent_, what makes you think they agree with you? He's a mind reader. Doesn't believe in religion, but does believe in telepathy. :-) The Amazing William Maru --[Lance] -- GPG Fingerprint: 409B A409 A38D 92BF 15D9 6EEE 9A82 F2AC 69AC 07B9 CACe

Re: Apology (was Re: Off-topic., monotonous posting (was Child-killing religion))

2008-08-21 Thread Lance A. Brown
Pat Mathews wrote: > I can't speak for other members of the list's silent majority. I, for > one, see another news article on some cult or its members run > amok,yawn, and hit Delete. Ditto. --[Lance] -- GPG Fingerprint: 409B A409 A38D 92BF 15D9 6EEE 9A82 F2AC 69AC 07B9 CACert.org Assurer ___

Re: Apology (was Re: Off-topic., monotonous posting (was Child-killing religion))

2008-08-21 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 08:38 AM Thursday 8/21/2008, William T Goodall wrote: >On 21 Aug 2008, at 14:07, Pat Mathews wrote: > > > > > I can't speak for other members of the list's silent majority. I, > > for one, see another news article on some cult or its members run > > amok,yawn, and hit Delete. > > > > Just though

Re: Apology (was Re: Off-topic., monotonous posting (was Child-killing religion))

2008-08-21 Thread William T Goodall
On 21 Aug 2008, at 14:07, Pat Mathews wrote: > > I can't speak for other members of the list's silent majority. I, > for one, see another news article on some cult or its members run > amok,yawn, and hit Delete. > > Just thought you'd want to know. > What makes you think you're part of the l

RE: Apology (was Re: Off-topic., monotonous posting (was Child-killing religion))

2008-08-21 Thread Pat Mathews
: brin-l@mccmedia.com > Subject: Re: Apology (was Re: Off-topic., monotonous posting (was > Child-killing religion)) > Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:55:55 +0100 > > > On 21 Aug 2008, at 11:04, Charlie Bell wrote: > > > > > On 21/08/2008, at 7:48 PM, William T Goodall wro

Re: Apology (was Re: Off-topic., monotonous posting (was Child-killing religion))

2008-08-21 Thread William T Goodall
On 21 Aug 2008, at 11:04, Charlie Bell wrote: > > On 21/08/2008, at 7:48 PM, William T Goodall wrote: >> >> Newness is a rather high standard to set. Most of the arguments are >> quite old but still not settled. > > But you're not arguing, you're just posting third party articles that > reinforce

Re: Apology (was Re: Off-topic., monotonous posting (was Child-killing religion))

2008-08-21 Thread Charlie Bell
On 21/08/2008, at 7:48 PM, William T Goodall wrote: > > Newness is a rather high standard to set. Most of the arguments are > quite old but still not settled. But you're not arguing, you're just posting third party articles that reinforce your worldview. > > The silent majority on the list love

Re: Apology (was Re: Off-topic., monotonous posting (was Child-killing religion))

2008-08-21 Thread William T Goodall
On 20 Aug 2008, at 21:04, Dave Land wrote: > William, > > If you have something new to contribute to the discussion, I, for one, > welcome it. Newness is a rather high standard to set. Most of the arguments are quite old but still not settled. > > > If you have more of the same with which to

Re: Apology (was Re: Off-topic., monotonous posting (was Child-killing religion))

2008-08-21 Thread Dave Land
William, If you have something new to contribute to the discussion, I, for one, welcome it. If you have more of the same with which to spam the list, then I, for one, do not. I know that I can simply skip or delete your messages, but where is the spirit of IAAMOAC, forcing your fellow list

Re: Apology (was Re: Off-topic., monotonous posting (was Child-killing religion))

2008-08-21 Thread David Hobby
William T Goodall wrote: > On 20 Aug 2008, at 15:12, Nick Arnett wrote: > >> William, >> This is not a discussion list about religion. I don't think we've >> ever >> moderated anybody for frequent off-topic posting, but I'm growing >> increasingly concerned that many of your postings are a dist

Re: Apology (was Re: Off-topic., monotonous posting (was Child-killing religion))

2008-08-21 Thread Alberto Monteiro
William T Goodall wrote: > > I think it's clear than Nick's behaviour here is quite inappropriate > and deserves censure in the strongest terms. What happened to IAAMOAC? > > It's clear Nick doesn't like my opinions. It's even clearer that > he's abusing his position in the most egregious ma

Apology (was Re: Off-topic., monotonous posting (was Child-killing religion))

2008-08-20 Thread William T Goodall
On 20 Aug 2008, at 15:12, Nick Arnett wrote: > William, > This is not a discussion list about religion. I don't think we've > ever > moderated anybody for frequent off-topic posting, but I'm growing > increasingly concerned that many of your postings are a distraction > and > offensive to so