On 2/23/07, Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
The kind of piling on that I've seen in this
thread against Parker is an
obscenity that makes his faults mild by comparison. His ways of
expressing himself leave much to be desired, but the reaction of some
admins, the accusations of lying, the ridicule, the belittling, the
lynch-mob mentality go far beyond anything that he could single-handedly
do are absolutely sickening.
For what it's worth, a person doesn't actually have to *do* anything
for them to be a nuisance on a mailing list. If someone's continued
presence is an ongoing distraction and interruption, with little in
return, eventually you have to admit that we're better off without
them.
Steve