Re: [ga] Posting rights of Jeff Williams suspended for 14 days.

["L. Gallegos" <jandl@jandl.com>]

On 6 May 2003 at 15:26, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:

> > From where I sit, it seems that working from within ICANN will take an
> > enormous amount of time and effort for a dubious, and probably dismal,
> > result.
> 
> I basically agree but it has nothing to do with Joe Baptista's sexist
> comments or Jeff Williams' empty and unsubstantial messages.
> 
> 
Okay, so you object to ad hominems.  I don't like them either.  OTOH, 
unsubstantial messages are annoying, but not reason for suspension.  I 
filter messages.  I see no need to suspend people from posting.  That's 
what filters are for.

As for Joe's posts, I try to read the content and ignore the ad hominems.  
He has a point most of the time, but people tend to see just the sarcasm.  
I won't defend the personal language or sexist remarks, but will defend 
the message.  His style leaves a lot to be desired, but that's Joe.

Jeff's posts are mostly "me too" posts and I generally don't even see 
them.

In any case, I still just use filters and would not suspend posters just 
because they offend my sensibilities.  I try to not feed the trolls 
either. :)

Leah




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