Guest guest Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 It seemed interesting to me that a message from Shoshana banning political messages arrived at the same time as a message promoting a musical concert at a religious organization. While it's great that members are involved in events outside vegetarianism, i.e. politics, the arts, religion, etc., all of them are no more and no less relevant to this list. So, if you ban one type of non-vegetarian message, you should ban them all. Similarly, if you allow some people to promote events unrelated to vegetarianism, other list members should be given the same privilege. (Spam, and we all know what that is, is never acceptable.) Diane Harrison ______________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 Ditto! Seems to me that veggies are much more than what they eat, and it'll sure be nice when this group finally acknowledges that rather than trying to minimize the number of emails in their inbox at the expense of the larger community. Dave Diane E Harrison [dianeliz] Tuesday, January 27, 2004 7:23 AM Re: Shoshana's emails It seemed interesting to me that a message from Shoshana banning political messages arrived at the same time as a message promoting a musical concert at a religious organization. While it's great that members are involved in events outside vegetarianism, i.e. politics, the arts, religion, etc., all of them are no more and no less relevant to this list. So, if you ban one type of non-vegetarian message, you should ban them all. Similarly, if you allow some people to promote events unrelated to vegetarianism, other list members should be given the same privilege. (Spam, and we all know what that is, is never acceptable.) Diane Harrison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 My opinion is that all the 'banning political messages' or other stuff not absolutely on the subject of vegan is OVERKILL, and heavy-handed. How is veganism not tied into politics and many other social issues?? Not to mention the bandwidth is free, so why be so restrictive? ~Ronni - " Diane E Harrison " <dianeliz Tuesday, January 27, 2004 7:22 AM Re: Shoshana's emails > It seemed interesting to me that a message from Shoshana banning > political messages arrived at the same time as a message promoting a > musical concert at a religious organization. While it's great that > members are involved in events outside vegetarianism, i.e. politics, the > arts, religion, etc., all of them are no more and no less relevant to > this list. So, if you ban one type of non-vegetarian message, you should > ban them all. Similarly, if you allow some people to promote events > unrelated to vegetarianism, other list members should be given the same > privilege. (Spam, and we all know what that is, is never acceptable.) > > Diane Harrison > > ______________ > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 >>Not to mention the bandwidth is free, so why be so restrictive?<< Sadly, that is not the issue as I understand it. Basically, some people have complained about the number of emails they get from the group. As somebody who gets around 900 emails a day that sounds pretty weak-kneed for anyone who uses a computer with email. So, it seems as if we are pacifying that email adverse group, however large or small it might be. Also, in case no one has noticed, this is the ONLY I'm in where hitting the REPLY button sends the response to a PERSON rather than to the GROUP. So, " to reply to the group, " you must PAY ATTENTION and either insert the group's email address manually or " reply to all " which then sends two copies to the one who posted the message. IMHO, this is simply one more way this community's spontaneity is unnecessarily diminished. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 This has been a controversial issue since I have joined this group. Personally, I think that people should be free to post what they like, PROVIDING the posting pertains to vegetarianism in some way. However, if the event or posting also pertains to a religious or social agenda, the person initiating the posting should make it clear if that particular event/posting or activity is exclusively aimed toward that particular group or whether everyone is welcome. I have seen events posted which I may have been interested in attending but did not feel welcome owing to the statement of religious/social affiliation denoted in the posting. Moderators: I think you need to clarify posting policy up front, in an effort to stop the ceaseless debate on this topic.daveo <daveo wrote: >>Not to mention the bandwidth is free, so why be so restrictive?<<Sadly, that is not the issue as I understand it. Basically, some peoplehave complained about the number of emails they get from the group. Assomebody who gets around 900 emails a day that sounds pretty weak-kneedfor anyone who uses a computer with email.So, it seems as if we are pacifying that email adverse group, howeverlarge or small it might be. Also, in case no one has noticed, this is the ONLY I'm inwhere hitting the REPLY button sends the response to a PERSON ratherthan to the GROUP. So, "to reply to the group," you must PAY ATTENTIONand either insert the group's email address manually or "reply to all"which then sends two copies to the one who posted the message.IMHO, this is simply one more way this community's spontaneity isunnecessarily diminished.Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 Hi, John! Thanks for your and everyone's messages on this topic. The list moderators will be convening in the near future to clarify the posting policy. Once we have done so, we will send it out to the list. Take care, Shoshana >This has been a controversial issue since I have joined this group. >Personally, I think that people should be free to post what they like, PROVIDING the posting pertains to vegetarianism in some way. > >However, if the event or posting also pertains to a religious or social agenda, the person initiating the posting should make it clear if that particular event/posting or activity is exclusively aimed toward that particular group or whether everyone is welcome. > >I have seen events posted which I may have been interested in attending but did not feel welcome owing to the statement of religious/social affiliation denoted in the posting. > >Moderators: I think you need to clarify posting policy up front, in an effort to stop the ceaseless debate on this topic. ***************************************************** * Shoshana Bella Billik * shoshana * * ---- * ------------------------- * * http://www.billik.com/shoshana/ * sbillik * ***************************************************** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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