Sept. 27, 2001, 4:45 a.m. (Message 27544, in reply to message 27530)
>I have to disagree with Oberdan on this one, not because I approve >of censorship but because I believe Oberdan has confused censorship >with censure. ><snip> >Where I do agree with Oberdan is that I think Anselm allowed his >exasperation (a term I prefer to "anger") to cloud things just ever >so slightly when he threatened all "peepers" with exclusion. If I have not yet been booted off, please forgive this clarification, obviously necessary because I was not sufficiently clear before. It appears that I am not actually confused and that we do not actually disagree. My objection was to the threatened blanket booting of any peepers. As for whether the offending individual should have been "censured", I am not qualified to judge, because my own exclusion filter was in place and, thankfully, I was not subjected to the messages that raised Anselm to "exasperation". However, given that I long ago felt it necessary to engage that filter, it is most plausible that, either in specific or in the aggregate, this individual crossed the line of civility and that his removal was warranted. I also appreciate that in order for Anselm to be there for us and protect us from those who would abuse the list, he cannot do as I have done in engaging a personal filter. He gets the full blast of anything that comes into Strathspey, including gazillions of messages public and private advising him how he should be administering the list. Perhaps we should all back off and let him do what he has already been doing very well. Oberdan. 184 Estaban Drive, Camarillo, CA 93010-1611 USA Voice: (805) 389-0063, FAX: (805) 484-2775, email: xxxxx@xxxxx.xxx