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Re: Administrivia: Let's keep peronal attacks off-list.



To belabor, the obvious, he's right.  And I apologize for having been part 
of the problem.

At 11:48 AM 11/3/03 -0800, Paul M. Moriarty wrote:

>Folks,
>
>The subject line says it all.  I know that there will be times when we
>disagree with each other, sometimes quite strongly.  Discussions surrounding
>your views and opinions of the Celtics and related topics are welcome even
>when you disagree with others.
>
>However, as I've said before, when disagreements devolve into personal
>attacks against each other, it's time to take your discussion off the list
>and into private e-mail.  As the list maintainer, I typically see a flurry
>of people leave the list whenever a discussion devolves into personal
>attacks, so it's pretty clear (to me at least) that these kinds of threads
>are not healthy for the list as a whole.
>
>If you feel you are being treated in a disrespectful manner on the list,
>please contact me and I will address the issue with the various parties
>privately.  Chiming in on the list with your $0.02 is not helpful and
>usually only results in prolonging threads that we'd all just as soon see
>end quickly.
>
>I encourage your comments and suggestions via private e-mail as well.
>
>Thanks in advance for your continued cooperation!
>
>- Paul -
>
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>Maintainer, The Boston Celtics Mailing List

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