New Celtics List

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

I am starting a new, nutjob-free list for anybody who's interested.  it will
be by
invitation only, although anybody good at heart is welcome to apply.  At
this stage,
I'm just putting people on who are established as reasonable fans who like
to talk
about the Celtics and not bait each other into idiotic punch-and-judy shows.
Some
of you have already been subscribed.  If you haven't and want to be, let me
know.

yours,

Josh Ozersky	
Marketing Communications Specialist 
Corning Museum of Glass

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	W [SMTP:titans@ihug.com.au]
> Sent:	Wednesday, November 15, 2000 2:33 PM
> To:	Alexander Wang
> Cc:	celtics@igtc.com
> Subject:	Re: Common sense
> 
> I'm with Joe and Jim. Well said Double J.
> 
> I know my posts aren't up to anywhere of the standard that Jim or Joe's
> is, but
> I wont be posting until this list is cleaned up and the trash cleaned up.
> 
> Paul, if this list is really like a party at your house, then, well....
> I've
> enjoyed my time on this list, I've met amazing people on it [well
> virtually],
> people such as Cecil, Josh, Joe, Jim and especially Dorine, among others,
> but
> this party is looking as if its full of drunks vomiting on the carpet - it
> needs
> to be cleaned up and not just a select few. By subtracting a select view
> from
> one side of the equation you're removing people who think one way and
> leaving
> the other side - you need an equal share of the mix for any party to be
> worthwhile and fun. Your party was at its highest value when there were no
> locks
> on the doors for anybody and people came in from everywhere to share their
> opinion. Sure, we may have disliked a poster, I've been in a couple of
> arguments, but its all been silly, it was all worked out and we moved on
> and had
> a new beginning. Kicking out people who in the past have proven to be
> people who
> have added  and not subtracted to the party has choked the party out.
> 
> You as the host, I believe its your responsibility to  "keep it clean" and
> not
> "stopping a fight by picking one side of the argument." You seem to forget
> that
> some of us share a bond between each other as our beliefs and opinions on
> the
> list are similar, so by kicking out one of our "side" only makes our group
> band
> together stronger and argue even more with those of opposite opinions who
> love
> to argue,  while the people who are in left in the middle become  a piece
> of
> meat stuck in the middle of the sandwich, and their opinions and their
> enjoyment
> becomes nada, zilch and nothing when it comes down to bickering and
> arguing
> because they aren't on anyones side as they just came for the enjoyment of
> sharing the highs and lows of being a fan of the BOSTON CELTICS.
> 
> Kicking out one side does not allow us to enjoy the list. It only
> encourages the
> people on the other side to become more aggressive as their counterparts
> are
> subtracted. Soon we shall all be gone and this list will degenerate into
> nothing
> but a list to send the following e-mail
> 
> To: celtics@igtc.com
> cc: [whoever wrote the previous e-mail]
> 
> Subject: We suck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> Body: Yes, I agree with you. We do suck. Antoine's shot selection sucks.
> We
> gotta trade him. Paul Pierce, that guy has no heart, gotta trade him too,
> the
> second we get the opportunity.
> 
> In closing, I'll also be lurking until the end of the month or until such
> point
> as the party is cleaned up where I can post my thoughts and beliefs on the
> Celtics without opening my e-mail scared $h!tless of being bombarded with
> e-mails from people who have different opinions. What will they think up
> for my
> name? Wardick?
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Warwick