From: Sean O'Dell <sean@...>
Date: 2004-08-31T08:50:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Web Hosts

On Monday 30 August 2004 16:26, Carl Youngblood wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 05:13:47 +0900, James Britt
>
> <jamesunderbarb@neurogami.com> wrote:
> >This is not a matter for some sort List Lord to banish people from List
> >Land.
>
> > Don't care for someone? Vote with your kill file or bozo filter or
> > whatever you care to call it.
>
> I still think that a few offensive posters can detract from ruby
> advocacy and can hurt the progress of the language and general good
> feelings and collaboration among the group, so I think there is a
> place for a "List Lord," as you so Orwellianly put it.  Actually, I
> was advocating more of a democratic approach in which list regulars
> formed ad-hoc initiatives to get rid of people who everyone agreed
> were way out of line.

That would be fun for the regulars.  That wouldn't be very fun for people who 
have things to say that go contrary to what the regulars want to hear.

 Sean O'Dell