candice,
i'm afraid it ain't "okey-dokey".
of those principles you outline below, it seems to me that kent is
guilty of number 1 only, and then only in as much as he responded to
personal abuse from list-owners and others in a tit-for-tat manner.
i still want to know _exactly_ what charges are laid against kent which
could not equally be laid against yourself and others in respect to
recent events here.
steve
on Mon, 23 Jul 2001 05:59:26 -0400
Candice Ward <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> This excerpt from the Poetryetc welcome message should answer all your
>> questions about why Kent Johnson is no longer subscribed. I'm afraid it's
>> considerably less dramatic than you'd like, Steve, but this is just a poetry
>> discussion list and, as such, doesn't lend itself to conspiracy theories.
>>
>> "As an unmoderated discussion list, Poetryetc has few rules, but listees are
>> expected to adhere to the following principles and practices:
>>
>> 1. No personal abuse
>> 2. No bigotry
>> 3. No malicious e-impersonation
>> 4. No e-mail attachments (due to the danger of viruses and to the technical
>> difficulties they may pose)
>> 5. No cross/reposting from other discussion lists without the poster's
>> permission and no cross/reposting, publishing, or otherwise reproducing
>> material from Poetryetc without permission
>> 6. No posting of previously published (copyrighted) matter without
>> permission apart from the standard 'fair use' exemptions of brief
>> quotations/excerpts in the context of discussion."
>>
>> Okey-dokey?
>>
>> Candice
>>
>>
>> on 7/23/01 5:17 AM, steve duffy at [log in to unmask] wrote:
>>
>> > alison wrote:
>> >
>> >>> These actions were taken for reasons obvious to the list and others
>> >>> which will not be. Neither Candice nor I have any intention of
>> >>> entering a torturous and time-wasting discussion on who said what to
>> >>> whom.
>> >
>> > i've no idea whether i will be allowed to comment for much longer, or
>> > whether this message will get through.
>> >
>> > i say that alison will not explain the actions of the listowners with
>> > regard to the "gagging" and subsequent expulsion of kent johnson because
>> > she _cannot_ explain those actions.
>> >
>> > was kent hounded from poetryetc because he threatened the list?
>> >
>> > kent himself admits that he tends to "overpost", but that can't be the
>> > problem, surely? as a long-standing list member i'm aware that there are
>> > in fact several people here who tend to "overpost". when will those
>> > people be dealt with?
>> >
>> > or was kent hounded from poetryetc [by the same people who silenced him
>> > on british-poets] because certain people don't like his point of view
>> > and think he ought not to be allowed to speak?
>> >
>> > steve
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