I'm not sure what you are referring to by "freedom of speech." This is the Tapestry user list, not a country governed by a popular democracy (assuming that reference was to the US constitution). His breed of messages falls under the category of those titled "free XXX pics" and "best meds for less." This is not the place for solicitations or personal soap boxing. If he wants to mount an assault on Tapestry, I will agree with you that he should be free to do so - but with _his_ resources, not ours. It's also important to note that I am not at all against dissenting opinions. Quite the contrary in fact, as I believe that disagreement spurs dialog, and dialog is where the sharing of ideas and positive collaboration happen (which of course, is why open source works). This person instead is taunting, and as I said he should be free to do so, but using his own megaphone - not ours.
I'm also not sure I agree with you that reporting the abuse of a network's resources to that network's administrative department is an overreaction. Hacking this guy's personal computer or defacing his websites might be, but this certainly is not. You do have a point about me taking my own advice. I am guilty of allowing my panties to be wadded and I have clearly put some time and energy into a response. I'll have to think on that one for a bit ;-). sincerely, chris Andy Pahne wrote: > > > To quote yourself: > > "In general, trolls can simply be ignored. In dealing with this > particular troll, I have opted to start reporting him to the abuse > departments of the networks from which he sends messages. If you feel > compelled, I urge you to do the same in addition to ignoring him > '''completely'''." > > I did not take the time to read all those troll's mailings, but as > long as the troll does not violate the personal rights of anybody, all > of his writings fall under the category "freedom of speech". Opting > to report abuse to google mail and others seems to me like overreaction. > > Go with your own advice and ignore the trolls. Spare your energy for > the really important things. > > Andy > > > Chris Lewis schrieb: >> I'm sorry, but have you read his messages? He intentionally writes >> inflammatory messages, does not respond to questions or requests to stop >> behaving so offensively, and it is highly probable that he is in >> violation of the TOS for at least gmail and most likely also hotmail. I >> don't care to know if users of the list make such violations, but when >> someone is clearly using the list for abusive purposes, this information >> becomes relevant (at least to me). >> In addition, all of the information on that page was taken from publicly >> accessible archives of public mailing lists. The names, email addresses, >> and messages listed on that page are ones written by him and posted to >> public lists. >> Please, explain to me how repeating information that someone has >> willingly published to public resources is in any way unethical. >> >> Joshua Jackson wrote: >>> On 4/16/08, Chris Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> How is this not ethical? >>>> >>>> Joshua Jackson wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 4/16/08, Andy Pahne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Don't you think you are getting carried away with it? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> I think so too. I don't think this is ethical. :) >>>>> >>> Writing people's names and call them trolls. I don't think that is >>> ethical. >>> >>> >> > > -- http://thegodcode.net --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
