<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">If I think someone is being a twit (or whatever) then I reserve the right to privately say so if I consider it worth my while. Frankly, suggesting that moderators should prevent people from privately speaking their mind in ways you don't approve of seems pretty silly and foolish. The word in question is defined below. You don't qualify in my experience of you as generally silly or foolish. So you have nothing to worry about. :-) <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>twit</DIV><DIV>noun informal</DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">a silly or foolish person.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">- samantha</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Baskerville" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><BR></SPAN></FONT><DIV><DIV>On Jan 1, 2006, at 7:18 PM, Harvey Newstrom wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">On Jan 1, 2006, at 11:17 AM, spike wrote:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:bounces@lists.extropy.org">bounces@lists.extropy.org</A>] On Behalf Of BillK</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] Politics: worthwhile commentary</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">On 1/1/06, spike wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Al, if someone insults you offlist, that is fair game, but it isn't fair</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">game for you to post their private messages to the whole world.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Do</DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">desist,</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hmmm.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Really???</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">But making a distinction between private flames and on-list flames is</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">worth a few moments thought... BillK</DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thanks BillK.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I did assume everyone here readily capable</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">of verbal self defense.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>If someone wishes to engage in</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">verbal sparring including personal attacks, I personally</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">have no problem with their doing it in private.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Any other thoughts?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>spike</DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">It is unacceptable for any member of our list to be personally attacked, period.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I don't care if it is done in public where we can see it, or whether they are attacked privately in e-mail.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Such attacks are undesired behavior.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Nobody wants to attract personal attacks via this list, any more than they want to attract spam or stalkers.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">What are you doing, Spike?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>First you allow off-topic politics.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Then you encourage arguments as a valid form of communications.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Now this.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>There seems to be an obvious pattern, but I can't discern a useful purpose.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">--</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Harvey Newstrom <HarveyNewstrom.com></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">CISSP CISA CISM CIFI NSA-IAM GSEC ISSAP ISSMP ISSPCS IBMCP</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">extropy-chat mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo/extropy-chat">http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo/extropy-chat</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>