In a message dated 9/11/2004 5:38:39 PM Eastern Standard Time,
fun(a)thingy.apana.org.au writes:
I'm not entirely sure there's hard guidelines on when to ban someone
from posting to the list ... unless they're pretty much a spambot.
As opposed to mere gross obnoxiousness. Are there any?
I dont think that Paul Vogel should be banned from the list per se, as silly
as his rants are. In fact, it would only serve to support his argument about
free speech if he were banned. On the other hand, I would hope that people will
follow the policy and stop feeding the trolls. There is no need to answer
him, or even to engage him in dialogue. Nothing anyone here says will convince
him to change his views. Instead, I suggest that people just delete his stuff as
it comes. That, at least, reduces the impact of its sheer volume.
Danny
(who happens to be both Jewish and Socialist)