'A minefield for the unsuspecting'

[Susan Kline]

At 06:20 PM 4/11/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Susan,
>
>I'm with you on this, I think, but quite a number of list participants
>have been unduly insulting, in my opinion.  How many of us would need to
>go?  :-(
>
>Clyde Hollinger

I have considered this, actually. The reason I quit the 
list for quite awhile, and totally ignored Mr. Bremmer 
for months was because my outrage at what he was writing 
had caused me to lose my temper too often. If anyone thinks
that what I wrote was out of line, they should have seen 
what I _didn't_ send!

My suggestion below isn't, believe it or not, aimed at 
just one person. It's aimed at a behavior, which so far 
has come from only one person. You notice that it leaves 
any action up to the judgement of whoever owns the list. 
It's not a call for a referendum. If my suggestion is
taken, authority is defined and delegated, and whoever that
authority is thinks that my tendency to respond hotly to 
Mr. Bremmer is an insoluble problem, I would accept their 
judgement, though I might not feel happy about it.

(And I'd have that warning, which I think in my case would
be sufficient.)

Susan

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>Susan Kline wrote:
>
>> In November, 1998 I suggested a small addition to the FAQ: "The list
>> management [or owner, or whatever authority PTG decides is in charge]
>> reserves the right to unsubscribe any person whose behavior is deemed
>> unduly insulting to other list members, after one private warning."
>