Joe,<br> <br> It was an analogy Joe. I think that is what you call it. Nobody is really wearing zebra strips, another analogy. <br> <br> Best,<br> <br> _DJA<br><br><b><i>Joe Campbell <joekc@adelphia.net></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">Sorry, Donovan, but I still do not get it. Who is calling themselves referees? I'm not a referee. I'm just an over-opinionated everyman.<br><br>Best, Joe<br><br>---- Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 @yahoo.com=""> wrote: <br><br>=============<br>Joe,<br> <br> A referee that only refs one team in the game is not a referee, but an unfair additional player for one team. <br> <br> You want to call yourself a referee you have to do it to both sides. Otherwise, it would be like a Steelers Vs. Seattle Superbowl. <br> <br> Hope you get the point now. <br> <br> Best,<br> <br> _DJA<br><br>Joe Campbell <joekc @adelphia.net="">
wrote:What is the point, Lucy? One person was just urging another to stop using unkind remarks. Seems like we should do that more rather than less, given your understanding of the history of Vision 2020. No one was moderating anything. He was just giving some friendly advice.<br><br>--<br>Joe Campbell<br><br>---- Lucyzoe wrote: <br><br>=============<br>Do you intend to *moderate* ALL the unkind, mean, and irrelevant comments<br>and characterizations? If so, you've missed a few thousand. Either the list<br>is moderated or it's not. Either you give every subscriber an opportunity to<br>fill the archives with slander, lies, hate speech, prejudice, harassment,<br>crassness, etc., or you ask them to agree upon a set of rules and moderate<br>accordingly. You can't have it both ways. No amount of *urging* is going to<br>make V2020 a civil place to discuss the important issues of Moscow. Too much<br>trash has flowed freely and very few want to do anything to stop
it,<br>especially if they can use it to their advantage to single-out a group of<br>people and call them unworthy to live, work, and prosper in Moscow. One look<br>at the archives will tell you how far we've come as a society - and V2020 is<br>just a small example of how unkind people can be.<br> <br>Lucy Z. Jones<br> <br> _____ <br><br>From: vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<br>On Behalf Of Bill London<br>Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 5:24 PM<br>To: Donovan Arnold; Dan Carscallen; vision2020@moscow.com<br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Notch it down<br><br><br>Donovan:<br>I know this will put me in line for the next blast, but I must say it:<br>I urge you to stop with these unkind, mean, and irrelevant comments and<br>characterizations.<br>BL<br> <br> <br><br>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>
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