On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 13:24:11 +1200
Russell McMahon <.....apptechKILLspam
@spam@PARADISE.NET.NZ> wrote:
{Quote hidden}> > ... despite the fact that I
> > agree with his assessment of most (not all) Americans, we don't discuss
> that
> > on this list.
>
> Presumably you'll ban yourself for a day for making this supporting
> assessment on list :-)
> (I'm sure you could do with the well earned break from this noisy mob).
>
> More seriously - on looking back I see there were quite a few people talking
> politics on my original solder thread (how do these things happen :-) ?) and
> some quite stridently at that. Hopefully Floret Morgenstern (any relation to
> the lawyer of Princess Bride fame I wonder?) was given fair warning of his
> indiscretions. He didn't seem especially more rabid or out of line than
> several other posters on the subject.
>
> I'm happy (enough) with the policy as otherwise it becomes just one large
> political forum BUT I suspect a bit of leaning over backwards and several
> hard kicks in advance of a coup de grace are in order. (Maybe this happened
> offline?)
Maybe needs to be another forum where PICKLISTers can duke it out---an Internet
equivalent of "I dare you to come outside and say that".
david
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