I wholeheartedly agree with this. Patrick
-- Patrick O. Dolan, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Chair of Psychology Drew University Madison, NJ 07940 973-408-3558 pdo...@drew.edu >>> On 10/21/2009 at 3:11 PM, "Christopher D. Green" <chri...@yorku.ca> wrote: > In my humble opinion, this is a ridiculous thread that should be ended > immediately. First of all, it only gives he who shall not be named more > list attention than he could have possibly dreamt of. Second, things are > not all that bad, given that this is the wild and woolly world of > non-moderated listservs. The occasional (even daily) message that one > finds silly, or even offensive, can be easily ignored. It takes, what?, > two seconds to hit the delete key. The address of anyone who is a > chronic offender can be put in a "kill file" so that their messages are > not even received (as several people on TIPS have done with various > other TIPSters). > > Anyone so overly sensitive that the traffic one typically sees here > literally drives them off the list would be driven off practically any > non-moderated list. I like the fact that this list is non-moderated (one > of the reasons I post here rather than psychteach, with its arcane rules > and arbitrary gatekeepers). The price one pays for non-moderation is the > occasional ridiculous post. The benefit one gets is an actual discussion > rather than a formal "Roberts Rules" meeting. Every community has its > share of clowns and fools. We are no different. Stand tall. Set your > eyes in the horizon. Keep you upper lip stiff. And be prepared to use > you delete key before your send key. > > Regards, > Chris --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
