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Taking the pledge
Okay, folks, enough is enough. We've got good, long-term, high
quality pilots seriously discussing vandalizing someone's website, because of said someone's troll-dom. In the past, I have defended said troll, and lambasted said vandals, but have now come to realize that this troll is obviously so divisive and upsetting to some that this issue risks tearing apart the very fabric of rec.aviation. I personally find this amazing (he truly doesn't bother me that much) but, in the interest of keeping this newsgroup intact and (relatively) harmonious, I hereby publically make the following pledges, and urge others to join me he 1. I will not respond to MX's posts. 2. I will not lambaste MX on these newsgroups. 3. I will not vandalize MX's website. All in favor, say "aye"... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Taking the pledge
"Jay Honeck" wrote 1. I will not respond to MX's posts. 2. I will not lambaste MX on these newsgroups. 3. I will not vandalize MX's website. All in favor, say "aye"... Aye One question, though. What is the punishment for breaking the pledge? Thirty lashes with a wet noodle? No beer at the OSH party? g -- Jim in NC |
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Taking the pledge
Jay Honeck wrote:
1. I will not respond to MX's posts. 2. I will not lambaste MX on these newsgroups. 3. I will not vandalize MX's website. All in favor, say "aye"... 4. You will place the "XXX" identifier in your replies, such that any and all MX traffic is hereby sent to yonder circular file. TheSmokingGnu |
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Taking the pledge
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message oups.com... Okay, folks, enough is enough. We've got good, long-term, high quality pilots seriously discussing vandalizing someone's website, because of said someone's troll-dom. In the past, I have defended said troll, and lambasted said vandals, but have now come to realize that this troll is obviously so divisive and upsetting to some that this issue risks tearing apart the very fabric of rec.aviation. I personally find this amazing (he truly doesn't bother me that much) but, in the interest of keeping this newsgroup intact and (relatively) harmonious, I hereby publically make the following pledges, and urge others to join me he 1. I will not respond to MX's posts. 2. I will not lambaste MX on these newsgroups. 3. I will not vandalize MX's website. He doesn't bother me a bit. I killfiled him long ago. I only see his messages when someone else responds to him, and then I ignore that subject. |
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Taking the pledge
One question, though. What is the punishment for breaking the pledge?
Thirty lashes with a wet noodle? No beer at the OSH party? g Ooooo, I don't know about that. That's like giving someone the death penalty for shop-lifting! I think, perhaps, it just means that they have to bring a TWELVE-pack of good beer to the party, rather than a mere 6-pack... ;-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Taking the pledge
He doesn't bother me a bit. I killfiled him long ago. I only see his
messages when someone else responds to him, and then I ignore that subject. I hear ya -- but the trouble with that tactic is that you end up missing a huge percentage of the threads in this newsgroup. MX *does* respond to virtually every thread. Although it makes me feel silly to even suggest it, if only to keep peace in the group, I think we should try the "no answer" technique. I just don't want to see this group reduced to flame wars, like I've seen in other groups. It gets ugly quickly, and I'm already seeing some of that here. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Taking the pledge
"TheSmokingGnu" wrote 1. I will not respond to MX's posts. 2. I will not lambaste MX on these newsgroups. 3. I will not vandalize MX's website. All in favor, say "aye"... 4. You will place the "XXX" identifier in your replies, such that any and all MX traffic is hereby sent to yonder circular file. Nope, you missed number 1. No responses to MX, and no XXX will be needed. The only way this will work, is if all communication on this subject stops. Including posts like this. -- Jim in NC |
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Taking the pledge
On 3 Mar 2007 20:49:29 -0800, "Jay Honeck" wrote in
.com: 1. I will not respond to [trolls]. 2. I will not lambaste [trolls] on these newsgroups. 3. I will not vandalize [a troll's] website. 4. I will not whine about the whiners or trolls, unless you count this as a whine, in which case it is done now. ;o) 5. I will killfile trolls silently and concentrate on the many good posts and posters in the group. Marty -- Big-8 newsgroups: humanities.*, misc.*, news.*, rec.*, sci.*, soc.*, talk.* See http://www.big-8.org for info on how to add or remove newsgroups. |
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Taking the pledge
Okay, folks, enough is enough. We've got good, long-term, high quality pilots seriously discussing vandalizing someone's website, because of said someone's troll-dom. In the past, I have defended said troll, and lambasted said vandals, but have now come to realize that this troll is obviously so divisive and upsetting to some that this issue risks tearing apart the very fabric of rec.aviation. I personally find this amazing (he truly doesn't bother me that much) but, in the interest of keeping this newsgroup intact and (relatively) harmonious, I hereby publically make the following pledges, and urge others to join me he 1. I will not respond to MX's posts. 2. I will not lambaste MX on these newsgroups. 3. I will not vandalize MX's website. All in favor, say "aye"... Has anyone thought about using a program that looks a certain individuals name and immediatly issues a usenet message cancel based upon said users name and the newly posted subject? http://home.att.net/~marjie1/Cancels.htm Mike Alexander PP-ASEL Temecula, CA See my online aerial photo album at http://flying.4alexanders.com |
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Taking the pledge
Okay, folks, enough is enough. We've got good, long-term, high quality pilots seriously discussing vandalizing someone's website, because of said someone's troll-dom. In the past, I have defended said troll, and lambasted said vandals, but have now come to realize that this troll is obviously so divisive and upsetting to some that this issue risks tearing apart the very fabric of rec.aviation. I personally find this amazing (he truly doesn't bother me that much) but, in the interest of keeping this newsgroup intact and (relatively) harmonious, I hereby publically make the following pledges, and urge others to join me he 1. I will not respond to MX's posts. 2. I will not lambaste MX on these newsgroups. 3. I will not vandalize MX's website. All in favor, say "aye"... Has anyone thought about using a program that looks a certain individuals name and immediatly issues a usenet message cancel based upon said users name and the newly posted subject? http://home.att.net/~marjie1/Cancels.htm Mike Alexander PP-ASEL Temecula, CA See my online aerial photo album at http://flying.4alexanders.com |
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