[Novalug] Referendum on Individual Users -- Re: [Fwd: Delivery status notification] -- Mailmanprobably down

[James Ewing Cottrell 3rd]

Well, I can't bring myself to utter Rush's signature line, so I'll say

Ibid.

Clearly, a given person should not be a focus of the list. But I'd have 
to say that much of the same issues that apply to Bryan also apply to 
myself. We both post a lot, probably too much. And I often throw in mere 
jokes, some of which are Lame, but a few Gems now and then.

Perhaps what we should both do is strive to cut our posts in half; not 
reply to every nuance that comes down the pike.

As for the Personalities showing thru, the ones I really remember and 
respect have very strong ones, even if they are subtle. And many a Guru 
is often a Curmudgeon, altho the reverse is not true.

I don't think that Volume is a problem; that's what threads are for.

I kind of miss Usenet New, which had easy ways of killing Subjects and 
Authors...now I just let them accumulate.

In any case, Bryan, you generate More Light than Heat, as I think I do, 
and for those who don't like us, well they can "check theor own 
filesystems" if you get my drift.

Besides, if we do anything worth screaming about, I'm sure we will hear 
from The People With Z's In Their Names.

JIM

P.S. I tend to post more when I'm unemployed ... and if a certain 
company would get moving, that should soon no longer be the case.

John Warren wrote:
> ditto
> 
> On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 12:29 PM, American Dave <novalug at soupy.org 
> <mailto:novalug at soupy.org>> wrote:
> 
>     On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 01:51:07PM +0000, Bryan J Smith wrote:
>      > Okay, I have all I need.  I.e., if I'm already a focal point of
>     discussion,
>      > in-person and much as electronic, then it means the list cannot
>      > and won't move on as long as they see me posting.
> 
>     I'd like you to reconsider your decision, Bryan.  There is another point
>     I'd like to make which is that sometimes this list will single people
>     out.  There are a couple of threads, this one included, which revolve
>     around individuals.  If people are bothered, they can ignore individual
>     users, leave the list, etc, but I don't approve of threads about
>     individuals.
> 
>     So let's try to avoid singling people out, and also allowing ourselves
>     to be singled out.  So I do humbly ask, that you stay on the list and
>     that we all avoid such threads in the future.
>     -A. Dave