File spoon-archives/phillitcrit.archive/phillitcrit_1997/phillitcrit.9711, message 281


Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1997 17:29:40 -0800
From: "Thad Q. Alexander" <rattler-AT-inreach.net>
Subject: Re: PLC: Freedom of speech means even Pat Sloane gets to speak


John Whalen-Bridge wrote:
Freedom of speech means even Pat Sloane gets to speak

My Gawd skippy! Now your catching on!John Whalen-Bridge also wrote:

>     I also agree that certain people lower the quality of discussion on a
> regular basis and so should not be surprised when they are shown the door.

Bye-bye John

> The PhilLitCrit people are patting themselves on the back about how well
> they are handling George Trail--and Andreas is exactly right when he says
> that this attention-grabbing behaviour is NOT the purpose of the list.  The
> list isn't supposed to be that, whatever it IS supposed to be.

And he wrote:

> George Trail calls someone a nitwit, Michael Chase responds
> that George is an asshole, GT responds to MC....  You might say we don't
> need to be defended, but I for one think that GT's overall effect, which
> includes reducing Michael Chase to namecalling, is clearly
> a reduction of the list's overall quality.

Where do you fit in John? Just an antagonist from another list group?

And he also wrote:

> One expects witty banter, an occasional shiv in
> the ribs if one has left oneself exposed even, but not a dopey drunken
> sophomore boys' club-verging-on-a-12-step-meeting.

Right, I think I'll let the judges decided where you fit in on that one.

>     Finally, I think Andreas is a darling sweet man.

Enough said here! Birds of a feather, peep through windows togather

> One could rework Adams' definition to make it more positive
> by saying that politics is the organization--as opposed to the
> disorganization--of hatred.

You must of left your politics at home when you came over here with a statement

like:

>  Three cheers for freedom of speech, and for stupid people.

(Insert "Goose step" here)

And he still keeps going:

> congratulations to phillitcrit for its new mascot, the cute little turd who
> is wet behind the ears.

John, what suggestions do you have for us here?

> There have been a number of good
> concrete suggestions posted about how to improve the situation.

John, can you give us an example of these suggestions?

> Now where is that unsub request . . .

By Gawd! you have made the best by far! Ba-bye!


> I'm not making this up,

We know that John, ba-bye!



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Thad Q. Alexander
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