Kent, mate
Give it a rest. Let bye-dones be bye-gawns.
Here. Have a tablet. It's called the Metrical Rules according to Noyses.
Piece.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "kent johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 1:26 AM
Subject: Re: list rules (checks and balances)
> I'm glad to hear that moderator candor with the list is to be standard
> practice from now on, Alison. Because this was not the case earlier this
> summer (Northern hemisphere), when Candice blocked two of my posts and
then
> removed me from the list after I had done little more than defend myself,
> and with considerable restraint, against the unprovoked and vituperative
> attacks (including, sadly, from Candice) launched my way.
>
> So I applaud the new situation. Without openness, "moderation" can quickly
> spill into censorship.
>
> Kent
>
> >When a poster is judged by the moderators to have engaged in "personal
> >abuse" or "bigotry" (categories that are obviously not "objective" in
> >nature), that the moderators *inform the list* that the member's post(s)
> has
> >been blocked, or that the member in question has been removed from the
> list.
>
> This is standard practice, Kent. And listees are removed reluctantly,
> and only where there is a clear demand from other listees.
>
>
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