Poor, Edmund W wrote:
Whenever I've blocked someone (other than anonymous IP) or taken any other unilateral action, I've always immediately reported it to this mailing list.
Then I've sat back and waited to see what others thought. And if the consensus went against me, I bowed to the collective will.
A lot of these hasty blocks seem to have sneaked in under the tent flap.
Sorry Ed, but we can't use nostalgia as a valid argument. When I first joined you would feel obliged to take a sabbatical whenever someone objected to your blocking someone. But times have changed; that's progress, and you can't stop progress. "Everybody"'s armed now. Why bother sneaking under the tent flap, when you can slash a hole in the back of the tent with your machete.
Ec