Re: wasting everyone else's time...

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>]

Paul, it is your list.  You can remove whomever you wish apparently.  But I
don't think it is clear what methods you use to censor people.  Could you
please inform me of them, even if just in private?  Thanks.

Cecil



----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Toner" <peter.toner@adelaide.edu.au>
To: <Celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 4:48 PM
Subject: wasting everyone else's time...


> Someone recently suggested (threatened?) to start their own Celtics
> discussion list, due to the supposed deficiencies of this one. I have a
> better idea...why doesn't someone start an "insults, sniping, and verbal
> abuse" list instead? It could even run in conjunction with the present
> list. Every time someone wants to insult a list member, he or she can
> simply dash off a heated missive to "YouBastard@igtc.com", and save this
> list for (even loosely) Celtics-related discussion. Imagine what some of
> the threads might look like...
>
> It's just common courtesy to not plague the list as a whole with
> personal wars. Like many, I'm on the digest version, so I don't even
> have the option of filtering anyone or evn deleting a message...I've got
> to wade through all the crap from beginning to end. Martha, get me my
> hip waders.
>
> For what it's worth, though, I don't recall Snoopy ever engaging in any
> of that stuff, even when he was on the receiving end for whatever
> reason. It seems to me that he's always been optimistic and friendly. So
> what gives? Did I miss something?
>
> Anyway, here's hoping that a win can get the discussion going again. Is
> it any wonder why Bill Cooper has decided not to waste his time any
> more?
>
> Pete
>