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Re: CRAP![snip]
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lugnet.admin.general
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Thu, 1 Nov 2001 02:33:15 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Duane Hess writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Eric Joslin writes:
> > In lugnet.admin.general, Suzanne D. Rich writes:
> >
> > >
> > > My path leads forward. Please don't trip me.
> >
> >
> > It's hard to respond to a fortune cookie, but if you mean that this path leads
> > away from past mistakes, I have a question for you:
> >
> > Is Jesse Alan Long still banned?
> >
> > I would love to hear that his posting ability was re-instated, and that Lugnet
> > Admins had apologised to him for the shabby treatment he received at their
> > hands, but somehow I doubt it.
> >
> > eric
>
> I think that there is a distinction, however small, between JAL's post and
> Matt's post. I don't want to get in to that though - I don't feel that it's
> constructive.
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> The thing about Matt's post that I find offensive is the subject line. A
> couple of off color words are OK if they are minor (once again, I don't have
> the desire to debate what is minor and what is not. Use your imagination.)
> and in the body of the post. It helps "bury" the words so they aren't as
> noticeable to the rest of the community. What Matt did was take a word that
> most people don't find too offensive and shout it from the rooftops so that
> everyone heard it whether they wanted to or not. That's what I find offensive.
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> I think Suz did the right thing by asking him to tone done the message. I
> don't think that anything else needs to be done at this stage, no banning,
> no other reprimands, nothing. In fact, I already feel like this horse is
> next to dead and shouldn't be flogged any longer. The issue was noted and
> Matt was reprimanded. Let's move forward and work on something constructive.
>
> -Duane
Duane,
Thanks for pointing out exactly where I was going with my argument. He
screwed up and got shot down for the language abuse. We can remember the lesson,
move on, and all be better for it.
-Dave
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| (...) I think that there is a distinction, however small, between JAL's post and Matt's post. I don't want to get in to that though - I don't feel that it's constructive. The thing about Matt's post that I find offensive is the subject line. A (...) (25 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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