From list@sevush.com Wed Jul 21 08:50:57 2004
Subject:RE: Apology equals permission

With respect to outcome, I'd suggest that some members are restricted in
their posting. Yahoo Groups makes this easy to do, where a moderator must
approve every post. I've started a few groups and found this to be very
useful.

Yes, it's more work than just booting someone, but I think it helps to focus
on the goal - changing one's behaviour.

> Some members may have missed this point in the recent and recurring
> waves of CWSG hostilities: Apologies and their acceptance between the
> offenders after these cycles of assault/insult on the website simply
> equal permission to drag the readers down to the same level at the
> next opportunity.
>
> Guess what? It's not "okay" now. You know who you are: I don't accept
> your apologies. I'm sure many others don't either. I'm still
> offended. And I know you're going to do it again. And again. You
> should have taken it offline with each other at the first apparent
> personal attack. But you won't next time either, since you've
> acquired permission. If I was a music manufacturer reading the most
> recent posts, I'd never want to know about anything posted to this
> group again. You should get the boot - a proper moderator would do it.
>
> Walter