yes, Glenn. we must have a rational for these rules and an explanation on
how to go about not breaking them.
Lithien
http://members.tripod.com/~lithien/pixiedust.html
-----Original Message-----
From: Glen Dickey <glen.dickey@home.com>
To: moq_discuss@moq.org <moq_discuss@moq.org>
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 5:07 AM
Subject: Re: MD Message from the Administrator to Paul Vogel & Others
>Horse and Group,
>
>I had brain damage and subsequently missed the whole moderation debate so
i'm
>going to take this oppurtunity to put my two cents in...
>
>Rules without a rational are annoying at best. If the group is going to
willing
>submit to some form of regulation, then it seems to follow that the group
should
>benefit in some way from doing so. Could some kind soul please enlighten
me as
>to what exactly we expect to gain from these rules? Personally I don't see
that
>much to object to in them, with a possible exception of #8. I haven't
noticed
>anybody posting message filled with 'colorful' phrases and epithets.
However if
>somebody does use one of the seven words you can't say on the radio, my
ears
>won't bleed. Are you really going to expell me from the group for
submitting a
>post with the word 'Shit' in it? Seems a little draconian to me. In
Paul's
>case his attack on Mary seemed rather sophmoric in content and execution.
Paul's
>inarticulatness is to some extent it's own punishment. Perhaps it wasn't
nice
>but of course Mary could conceiably be ignorant and a liar. I'm not
familiar
>with that particular thread enough to say. We're a pretty savy bunch and
aren't
>going to tolerate too much abusive behavior moderation or not.
>
>I'm rather surprised that the group isn't displaying more of the dynamic
spirit
>that we're always going on about. This is a moderation experiment, if it
>doesn't work, we can also go back to where we started.
>
>Glen
>
>
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