I have another observation from this case that we might try to learn
from. If people have an issue with a posting, should they contact the
sergeant-at-arms in public or in private?
if i, as a normal citizen, have an incident with someone's egregious
action in a public place, should i contact the executioner in public or
private?
wrong question, at least in the culture in which i was raised. we pay
lip service to the concept that there should be a bit of 'due process'
between a complaint and the executioner (and then spy on you and bomb
you into democracy).
From: Ted Lemon <Ted(_dot_)Lemon(_at_)nominum(_dot_)com>
I think when the first email message we see from a particular source
is obviously disruptive and off-topic, we do not need to wait for a
larger statistical sample before acting.
i am a bit taken aback by the vigilantism.
it was just an email message, and a factual one at that. the usual
example is _falsely_ shouting "fire" specifically because it can cause
*actual* *physical* *harm*. get a delete key. get procmail. get a
grip.
randy