Re: OT: [maybe] What does one want to happen? (was: Re: righ…

> That is VERY open to interpretation.
> HENCE I think, maybe we should draw the line at, [saying that:]
> *once* a given thread,
> (such as today's post-election steam-venting thread)
> has substantially MORE plug members
> requesting the "off-topic" folks to "please" STFU,
> than the number of ["off-topic"] posters who do still want to continue,
> (counted by number of individuals,
>    where one person posting N >> 1 times,
>    no matter how many times they posted,
>    still only counts as one "vote")
> *then*
> the "verdict" should be, that the
>    "posters who want to continue",
> need to take it off-line -- either create a new forum on
> yahoogroups.com for themselves (it can be done free)
> (I have done it before),
> or else move to some other mailing list,
> (at least for that particular thread)
> or just e-mail each other, off-list,
> or actually quiet down --
> that is,
> ** don't post **
> (/slash, move on to some other topic).

> > >     I am seriously tempted not to participate in any PLUG mailing lists
> if
> > >     something isn't done about all this.

> > >     > I am right on the edge here, there's only so much you can hold
> back
> > >     > when rhetoric is hitting your last nerve and it's unethical to
> > >     respond
> > >     > because it goes against the the very social order your attempting
> to
> > >     > preserve. (this group that is)
> > >     >
> > >     > Does it really require filters and unsubscribing to not hear
> this,
> > >     > even after requested by a nominal number of people have
> > >     requested such
> > >     > including myself and still seeing snipes?

> > >     >
> > >     > Thanks,
> > >     > Dan Lund
> > >     > [...]
> > >     > --Socrates
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