[meteorite-list] Stoning the whore...........Rocks From Earth...to Earth

From: David Freeman <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:08:32 2004
Message-ID: <3D938419.7040007_at_fascination.com>

Dear List, and Michael;

Art does a great job of not guiding his list. Freedom of speech is a
great thing here in our meteorite central world.

 Many of those who repeatedly post fail to adhere to the "list Policies"
and this results in..."the stoning of the whore(s)" by a number of list
members.
I see it as not a mob piling on (stoning the whore to use your term) but
a case of a number of list members feel grossly offended at a single
offender (get some clothes on that whore, she's plain ugly and obscene
at 400 pounds...and needs a razor too).
 Maybe the illiterate whore who does not read does not really belong in
the church of the meteorite where others read.
What I find just as offensive as the ugly whore is the enthronement of
the whore by others who would promote the whore to martyrdom to make
themselves feel good.

Read the list policies you "whores"...to avoid the stones.

Duck is duck
David (not related to Goliath) Freeman


Michael L Blood wrote:

>Hi Rafael & all,
> Not a bad idea - that's why Art set it up already, as stated in the
>"list policies" - pertinent policies are cited below:
>
>3. Do not post -private messages- or -personal attacks- to the list
>4. Please include the 'subject' of the post in the subject box
>9. If you are posting a URL for a sale, include 'SALE' in the subject box
>
> What I have to say next is not aimed at you, Rafael, but at the
>dozens of individuals who just seem never to "get it."
> I have read with interest and not a little humor, comments by some
>list members to the effect of, "Let's add this (or that) to the policy,"
>etc. This shows such a lack of comprehension of the basic functioning
>of the list as to stagger me.
> EVERYONE: it is very simple. Go to Meteorite Central. READ what is
>written about this list.
> That's it. That's all there is.
> Not you, not I, not self appointed "leaders," nor the most highly
>opinionated list contributors have any say whatsoever in running of
>this list. It is a list by Meteorite Central. Art was so kind and generous
>as to provide it to the meteorite community. Furthermore, he set it up
>VERY, VERY well to function smoothly without further modification.
> It is NOT a democracy - it is a NEWSLETTER! It is privately sponsored,
> "unmoderated" and Art, and ONLY ART can or will ever have anything
>to say about list rules, guidelines, etc. On very rare occasion he has
>suspended individuals who CHRONICALLY and dramatically violate
>list policy - particularly about attacking other list members and especially
>when profanity is used. (Yes, I know there is no STATED policy on
>obscenity, but that is because it is OBVIOUSLY unacceptable) On only a
>couple of occasions have people been permanently banned from the list,
>and they were extreme examples of chronic violators of both attacking
>and using obscenity. In other words, he will only intervene in extreme
>cases. (In this instance, all that is required is to include the word,
>"SALE" in any post promoting a sale of material).
> IF YOU READ THE LIST POLICIES and other procedural information
>clearly articulated at Meteorite Central, you should be able to get this.
> I have found meteorite collectors to be exceptionally intelligent
>people, with the exception being how some relate to this list. Then,
>somehow, they completely loose all rationale. Not a few have used this
>list as some sort of opportunity to "vent" - choosing some "offender" and
>then beating the hell out of him.
> I could be wrong, but I believe all email programs now offer a
>"filter" of some sort to block email from individual email addresses.
>This is one option that would easily solve any problem these people have
>with another list member's posts. Then, there is always the "delete"
>button if your system does not offer the option of a filter.
> So, what is WRONG with these people....it is simple: Email, coupled
>with a public forum, such as a newsletter, gives these people an opportunity
>to ATTACK! - vent their spleen - engage in some sort of email-road rage.
>When this occurs, it is usually as (or even more) offensive than the
>original problem.
> Now, personally, I must confess that I occasionally find such
>behavior amusing....or even a little "satisfying" ala vicarious pleasure at
>seeing some jerk getting bonked for doing/saying something I thought
>was obnoxious. What I do find less "entertaining" is when people start
>ganging up and I feel I am watching a "stoning of the whore" scene from
>the bible.
> However, what really, really bothers me is when people start
>fantasizing that they can set "rules" for this list.
> That is the exclusive prerogative of Art Jones - and he has
>demonstrated for years a calm wisdom in honoring freedom of speech -
>which, of course, gives everyone a chance to hang themselves. As you
>likely have noticed, many make use of this opportunity.
> So, if you want to abuse list policy, hop to it, but be prepared to
>be flamed. If you are a flamer, you'd best keep it clean. If you are a
>person to engage in any of these behaviors, be prepared to hear from
>Art, should he decide you have used enough rope to hang yourself and
>are in need of a few months "time out."
> But, under no circumstances, assume that you or anyone else can
>"elect," dictate or otherwise change or add to list policy. That just ain't
>gunna happen.
> Sincerely, Michael Blood
>
>
>
>on 9/25/02 6:47 PM, Rafael B. Torres at spacecollection2001_at_hotmail.com
>wrote:
>
>>Hello all good and good nightĦĦĦĦ. I was looking at some e-mails and there
>>are some people that don't like Ad mails about Steve. I think we can have a
>>solution here with a simple header in the mail. We should do this on every
>>mail we send in order to discriminate mails that we don't want to read,
>>classifing them. Here is how I think:
>>
>>a)If somebody wants to send and Ad, or homepage update, we can put a header
>>like: [meteorite-list] Ad, Trade, etc: Topic so people that don't like ads,
>>sales, trades just delete them.
>>
>>b) If you want to ask a question about whatever we can write:
>>[meteorite-list] Info: Topic
>>
>>c) Whenever we se a "Re: [meteorite-list]" we know that its a reply from a
>>previous mail so we can follow discussions.
>>
>>d) If we want to send an article or specific info on whatever we can write
>>down: [meteorite-list]Article: Subject
>>
>>e) If we want to start a discussion we can put: [meteorite-list]Discussion
>>
>>f) And so on, the point is to classify mails with Headers as Identifiers
>>whenever we send them, so we know what we want to read, or what we want to
>>delete. So there won't be any problems, fights or unpolite answers in the
>>list.
>>
>>What do you think list??? The point is to make this list as better as we can
>>and Ive learned a lot since I entered this list, so I think its a pretty
>>good one with people answering each other. Am I right?
>>
>>
>>
>>=0)
>>Rafael B. Torres
>>Space Collection 2001
>>http://www.geocities.com/rafael_blando
>>
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