I second--or third--what you say, Elizabeth, with the addition that
it's completely inappropriate to kick at ANYONE on the list. There's
nothing more depressing than reading people kicking at each other.
Unless it's being kicked at oneself.
Mairead
On 2/27/06, Elizabeth James <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Just to say that that that other list was founded largely with a bunch of
> people who -- I want to say defected, as I am still a bit sore about it --
> who left this one after a period of, among other changes, wearisome
> brawling. The ideal, of a virtual arena that would be *both open to all *and
> a really high-quality forum for exchange among those with a strong
> commitment to a particular range of interests, seemed shot. Perhaps it is.
> People voted with their feet: they preferred a closed list, and I can
> understand it. For a while, as I recall, even this list started taking
> exclusionary measures previously deplored. But it's completely inappropriate
> to kick at cris: as a british-poets listowner at the troubled time, he held
> out for the open model far longer than most.
>
> e
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> <snip>
> Of course, Chris, you want to consort with the right sort of person
> with the right sort of ideas, no one awkward to spoil the view. Who
> can blame you? I'm glad you made it into the VIP enclosure. I hope you
> find what you want there.
>
> It all seems so very *English*.
> <snip>
>
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