NP The Netiquette Plea that Never Ends

[davemarc]

From: pynchonoid <pynchonoid at yahoo.com>
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> We consciously use
> our money and other resources in ways that promote
> peace and social justice.
>
I believe that pynchonoid is not using this discussion list in a way that
effectively promotes peace and social justice.  Instead of discussing, he
spends too much of his energy polemicizing, spewing insults, and
regurgitating material he has already shared.  The general effect seems to
be that he annoys more than enlightens with his well-intended contributions.
Consequently, instead of being a good example of a list member, he helps to
prolong the "Flame War that Never Ends" that started on this list long
before 9/11.  How many years has this been going on?  Three?  Four??
More???  Too long!!!!

Pynchonoid has blamed Paul Mackin for "snarling the discussion in trivia and
obfuscation, the way he helped shut down the SLSL discussion" when, despite
being the nominal leader of that same discussion, he himself persistently
posted off-topic remarks, probably more than any other individual on this
list.  Many of us have done similar things, but at this point none of us has
done them to such an extreme.  I wish he would accept that he feeds the
flames that burn him (and that also singe the bystanders who don't just quit
the list in exasperation), and take more measures to let the inferno die
out.

I wish the same of his antagonists, who also fuel the fire with their barbs,
insults, and insinuations.  Please cut it out, everyone, if only to please
moi and keep me from milking the fire metaphors even more.

Predictably and desparingly d.