WAS.... Re: BOY SCOUTS NEED YOUR HELP! (I won't dignify this off topic
subject by putting it the subject line) CAN WE END THIS THREAD!
And if this over responded to topic isn't bad enough, at the bottom of this
last response is a POLITICAL opinion, ENOUGH ALREADY unless we want to turn
this into a FREE FOR ALL CHAT ROOM.
This Sunbeam mail list really needs to get back on the SUNBEAM TOPIC.
My .02
Ron
In a message dated 10/27/00 12:20:01 PM Central Daylight Time,
bigfoot@uia.net writes:
> I very much concur with this post. While I glanced at the Boy Scout post
and
> quickly deleted it, the letters complaining about it are getting to be a
> bother. If the guy wants to be (among other things, I'm sure) a homophobe,
> there isn't much any of us can do about it anyway. I'd rather talk about
> cars
> than boy scouts!
>
> Irv
>
>
> rgibbs@pacbell.net wrote:
>
> > > From: T.J. Higgins <tjhiggin@chris.iss.ingr.com>
> >
> > > snip
> > > > There are more draconian measures that can be taken to keep the list
> > > > on topic. Believe me, you don't want me to implement them. I think
> > > > doing so would kill the list, and someone else would just go start
> > > > another Alpines list on egroups.com or whatever. Plus, it would mean
> > > > a lot more work for me, so you can rest assured that I don't want me
> > > > to implement them, either!
> >
> > Aren't we over reacting a bit here? I leave town for a couple of days
> > and return to find the list in an uproar because a member posted an off
> > topic subject (defense of the Boy Scouts). The reactions are much more
> > numerous, and in some cases are personally directed at the original
> > sender or are making nasty remarks about the Boy Scouts.
> >
> > I have a suggestion, if you don't like a post, ignore it. If a person
> > posts off topic issues often enough to be a problem, then there are
> > steps that can be taken, but let's cut this poor guy slack. Please.
> >
> > And by the Mr T. J. Higgins, that reminds me to say thanks again for the
> > effort that you put into this list, this is great!
> >
> > -Roger
>
> --
> "The vice-president's plan does not have annual accountability--3rd grade,
> 4th grade, 5th grade. We need the demand on results." George W. Bush, in
> the
> 3rd debate.
>
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