Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, filtering? Did you say Filtering? Do I hear FILTERING? That is discrimination, and as such is likely to have a SWAT team knocking on your internet connection. Sounds like your constitution needs some amending. Guido, proponent for rights (and, given time, lefts) >From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: [Leica] Re: Freedom of expression and responsibility >Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 10:26:53 -0700 > >It has been my premise that when speaking on the LUG, or any e-mail list, >one should speak as if the person (or people) are sitting across from you >at a table. > >Now this is not always easy to do. But one can make a point about an issue >without name calling and other vulgarities. Just stop and think... after >calling someone a name, e.g. "stick it Jim", you happen to meet them at a >LUG gathering, or Leica workshop, or somewhere. What do you say? > >One can voice their opinion, even use someone's name in reference to the >opinion, but to denigrate someone personally, rather than just the opinion, >can backfire. > >Heated discussions frequently take place among scientists, friends, >gatherings, but it is the ideas and opinions that are taken to task, not >the person. And a separation should be made. > >Those folks that can "only" cast disparaging remarks, do eventually find >their way into my filter list. Who needs to waste time reading that stuff? > >I don't claim to be able to always follow my own advice, but I try. > >Jim > > > > >At 10:00 AM 5/31/99 -0700, MarK R. wrote: > >I was wondering if because of the physical/technical structure of this > >group: being an Email Reflectorship we would have some more rights than > >a Newsgroup. > >A Newsgroup would seem to be a form of broadcasting but we are just a > >controlled distribution of E Mails. A group of friends sitting around > >talking; or 777 of them. > >As there is probably no precedent for trying to prove a libel or some > >such case against a discussion in a Email list or even a newsgroup that > >makes it hard to determine. > >Mark Rabiner > > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com