This list repeatedly goes to the dogs and repeatedly survives the
experience.
My own sense of listservs is that they're for discussion and information.
The latter sometimes in the form of self-advertizing or passing on
enthusiasms. Discussion always has a performative element, but in the
absence of the physical presence of the interlocutor (and for that matter
of Mr. Bones) performance sometimes overwhelms communication. I for one
have no idea who Jane is or what she wrote/said--lost in the fog
somewhere. If that were presented (apologies if it was) we'd have
something to talk about instead of merely emoting.
Mark
At 12:55 PM 8/26/2007, Roger Collett wrote:
Don't apologise to Jane,
apologise to Geraldine!!!
This list is going (has gone?) to the dogs! Apologies to the dogs.
Roger Collett
Arrowhead Press
http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/
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- ----- Original Message -----
- From: mairead byrne
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- Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 4:27 PM
- Subject: [-SPAM-] Netiquette
- Dear All,
- I'm posting the British + Irish Poets Welcome Message
separately. Please note the section on netiquette, especially:
- No harassment or ad hominem/ad feminam attacks on members or
non-members, whether posted to the list or backchanneled. No
importing or redistribution of claims relating to arguments on other
lists.
- This discussion began with Geraldine's lament for a murdered child, a
lamentation I share. The grief has shifted all too easily to a
verbal attack on a fellow poet and the business of another list.
- It's horrible to read this stuff, and very destructive of the
list. As co-manager, I apologize to Jane.
- Mairead