I have been reading several response to "List Politics?" and it appears that
I'm in the minority. I guess that I could be wrong in thinking that list
users that harass other list member and possibly disrupt the a list should
have their actions corrected. However, before I decide that I'm wrong I
would like to ask a question.
There is almost no real community that a person can harass other people with
some authoritative entity taking action. You cannot harass people at work
and keep your job. You cannot harass you neighbors without suffering civil
and/or criminal penalties. How long could you alienate people at a bar or
night club before being tossed out. So my question is: Why is ok to harass
people in mailing lists? I am forced to conclude that one of statements
below must be true.
1. The net some how absolves people of personal responsibility.
2. The net removes normal expectations of protection and decency
from online communities?
3. List managers should not police their list members or don't want to
police their members.
As I stated above, since I'm in the minority I must consider my position
carefully. I'm not saying that the other opinions are at all wrong. I'm
just stating a postion.
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Penn Jennings
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