I very much concur with this post. While I glanced at the Boy Scout post and
quickly deleted it, the letters complaining about it are getting to be a
bother. If the guy wants to be (among other things, I'm sure) a homophobe,
there isn't much any of us can do about it anyway. I'd rather talk about cars
than boy scouts!
Irv
rgibbs@pacbell.net wrote:
> > From: T.J. Higgins <tjhiggin@chris.iss.ingr.com>
>
> > snip
> > > There are more draconian measures that can be taken to keep the list
> > > on topic. Believe me, you don't want me to implement them. I think
> > > doing so would kill the list, and someone else would just go start
> > > another Alpines list on egroups.com or whatever. Plus, it would mean
> > > a lot more work for me, so you can rest assured that I don't want me
> > > to implement them, either!
>
> Aren't we over reacting a bit here? I leave town for a couple of days
> and return to find the list in an uproar because a member posted an off
> topic subject (defense of the Boy Scouts). The reactions are much more
> numerous, and in some cases are personally directed at the original
> sender or are making nasty remarks about the Boy Scouts.
>
> I have a suggestion, if you don't like a post, ignore it. If a person
> posts off topic issues often enough to be a problem, then there are
> steps that can be taken, but let's cut this poor guy slack. Please.
>
> And by the Mr T. J. Higgins, that reminds me to say thanks again for the
> effort that you put into this list, this is great!
>
> -Roger
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