From: Carl Youngblood <carl.youngblood@...>
Date: 2004-08-31T09:14:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Web Hosts

I'm sorry; I don't think I worded things very well.  I see this as a
very infrequent occurrence and something that would only be used for
very blatant and annoying cases where everyone was basically in
agreement.   I don't see it as some oligarchy of the regulars.

That said, I'm not all that enthused about my own idea--I have no
great attachment to it and it was merely a casual remark that I don't
intend to defend vigorously.  So I am completely open to the
possibility that it was a bad idea.

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 08:50:06 +0900, Sean O'Dell <sean@celsoft.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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
> 
>