Dear all,
My name is Damian Sutton and I am the member of the Film-Philosophy editorial board with particular responsibility for 'refereeing' the list activity. As you will have observed, in general the list referees itself. However, recently a considerable number of list messages have included ad hominem attacks in the place of genuine argument, and have also included comments which could (and perhaps have) been construed to be offensive or discriminatory. I refer to the threads regarding 'Showgirls' in particular.
Film-Philosophy is hosted (and archived) by Jiscmail, which is run by the UK Science, Technologies and Facilities Council. Therefore listmembers must abide by the Council's acceptable use and ethics policies (which can be found at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/). I consider some of the recent messages in the Showgirls threads to come close to being in breach of these policies.
As it is the season of goodwill, may I ask ALL parties to desist from this discussion, and may I further suggest that everyone take a breather during the holidays before posting again.
In the New Year I will ask the board to consider more closely if any management processes may help in these situations. We have talked in the past about a red/yellow card (or 'sinbin') system for when discussions get out of hand, and about limiting the number of posts per day from any one address. I would very much not like to have to introduce these measures, just as I have not enjoyed having to write this email at 11.00pm on Christmas Eve.
So, let's take a break and come back refreshed, eh?
Peace to all.
Damian Sutton
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