[Vision2020] A Plea to Visionaires

[bill bonte]

Or just set your filter to delete No Weatherman.  You won't even see  
his posts.

Bill Bonte

On Oct 17, 2008, at 6:58 AM, B. J. Swanson wrote:

> Tom,
>
> I couldn't agree more.  Please understand that by continuing to  
> respond to
> No Weatherman, you are destroying Vision 2020.  Please just bite your
> fingers and ignore.
>
> Thank you,
>
> B. J. Swanson
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com 
> ]
> On Behalf Of Tom Hansen
> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 6:48 AM
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] A Plea to Visionaires
>
> Greetings Visionaires -
>
> Let me preface my request with a short Vision 2020 history lesson.
>
> Over the years that I have subscribed to the Vision 2020 listserve,  
> there
> have been several attempts to shut it down.
>
> First there was an attempt to establish a Vision 2020 monitor whose
> apparent duties would have been to determine acceptable topics to  
> discuss
> and to remove any subscribers failing to stay in lockstep with  
> guidelines
> established by The Monitor.
>
> Then there was the infamous letter/email, sent to First Step  
> Internet (the
> techies that maintain the Vision 2020 listserve), demanding that the  
> Vision
> 2020 listserve be terminated as the anonymous authors of the letter/ 
> email
> felt beleaguered and harassed by its continuance.
>
> There have been other attempts to shut down this listserve.   
> However, like
> those two attempts outlined above, they failed.
>
> And now the listserve is forced to endure No Weatherman and its  
> attempt to
> eliminate the Vision 2020 listserve.
>
> It is my strong impression that No Weathermans purpose is to post  
> racist,
> ignorant, marginally-threatening, rude, and extremely profane  
> comments to
> the listserve in attempt to degenerate the quality of the listserves
> purpose, as more and more subscribers disappear into Moscows  
> anonymity,
> their thoughts not to be shared again.
>
> I strongly believe in the Vision.  Its purpose is to provide a venue  
> for
> sharing thoughts of community and how that community may be  
> improved, not
> only for us, but four our children.
>
> If the Vision were to shut down, a very, most vital source of  
> community
> interaction disappears with it.
>
> My suggestion is to merely ignore No Weatherman, regardless of its
> rantings.  Eventually it will catch on and disappear along with its
> predecessor, The Monitor.
>
> Lets keep this virtual town hall meeting alive.
>
> In the interim . . .
>
> Seey at Farmers Market, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
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