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At 06:09 AM 11/1/2005, Dirk wrote:<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On 10/31/05, <b>Natasha
Vita-More</b>
<<a href="mailto:natasha@natasha.cc">natasha@natasha.cc</a>>
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<dd>At 09:33 PM 10/29/2005, Avant wrote:<br><br>
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<dd> Imagine my surprise when I discovered he had been<br>
<dd>booted from the list by none other than Natasha. </blockquote><br>
<dd>Stuart, you are making a leap in judgment. I did not boot Mike
off the list. And I would appreciate you respecting the list rules and
the decision of its moderators for doing what is believed to be the right
thing in deference to all list members and ExI.<br><br>
</dl>Respect does not mean agreement,</blockquote><br>
When people join the list, the extropy list asks them to agree to and
follow list rules. <br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">So, for the record, I disagree
with the moderators decision.</blockquote><br>
Sometimes I don't agree with moderators' decisions either, but I believe
that the moderators are fair and equitable and review the circumstances
carefully. <br><br>
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<dd>If you have any complaints, email the Board of ExI directly at
<a href="mailto:info@extropy.org">info@extropy.org</a> and the email will
be forwarded to all Board members and list moderators.<br><br>
</dl>If I have complaints, I'll air them here first - in
public.</blockquote><br>
That's fine. Some people prefer to do it in private and sometimes it
makes a bigger impression on the moderators if email is sent to them and
the Board directly. This is most likely why list rules agreement
state that complaints are to be sent to moderators.
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<dd><font size=2><a href="http://www.natasha.cc/">Natasha
</a><a href="http://www.natasha.cc/">Vita-More</a>
<dd>Cultural Strategist - Designer
<dd>Future Studies, University of Houston
<dd>President, <a href="http://www.extropy.org/">Extropy Institute</a>
<dd>Member, <a href="http://www.profuturists.com/">Association of
Professional Futurists</a>
<dd>Founder, <a href="http://www.transhumanist.biz/">Transhumanist Arts
& Culture</a>
<dd>Honorary Vice-Chair, <a href="http://transhumanism.org/">World
Transhumanist Association</a>
<dd>Senior Associate, <a href="http://foresight.org/">Foresight
Institute</a>
<dd>Advisor, <a href="http://alcor.org/">Alcor Life Extension
Foundation</a><br><br>
</font>
<dd><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><i>If you draw a circle in the
sand and study only what's inside the circle, then that is a
closed-system perspective. If you study what is inside the circle and
everything outside the circle, then that is an open system perspective.
</i>
<dd>Buckminster Fuller<br>
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