In a message dated 9/11/2004 5:38:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, fun@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)