Re: [ga] Proposal for mailing list policy

[Darrell Greenwood <darrell_greenwood@mindlink.net>]

At 1:22 AM -0800 1/15/0, William X. Walsh wrote:

>Very well said, Kent.  Let me add my voice of support for your comments here.

I also agree that Kent has stated the case very well. I also add my support.

>On 15-Jan-2000 Kent Crispin wrote:

>> It may not fit with your idealistic view, but it is a cold fact that
>> Baptista, Williams, et al, are chasing people away.  We are left with a
>> situation where we are making our forum safe for thugs and lunatics, but
>> others leave because they don't want to deal with thugs and lunatics.
>> Your answer to this is "if somebody is bothered by thugs and lunatics,
>> and they can't or won't learn to use filters, then they can leave." That
>> is, you are willing to trade gentle, well-mannered people for thugs and
>> lunatics.
>>
>> You can't have it both ways -- you can't have the GA list be an open
>> forum that allows verbal pornographic assault, and at the same time have
>> it be a place where intelligent discussion of domain name issues among
>> the necessary interested parties takes place.  That really is the
>> choice.


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