Theos-Talk Archives (December 2002 Message tt00444)

Well it is a nice suggestion,very ethical and professional.anyway we are all 
brothers coming from all directions of thoughts which summarize one unity 
through contradiction,exchange of ideas,respect to each other but in general 
resorting to topics of importance and in relation to theosophical teachings 
,objectives.peace to all brothers...cheers

cesar joanino






> From: leonmaurer@aol.com
> Reply-To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: Theos-World Advising Eldon about unnamed miscreants
> Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 14:48:09 EST
>
> Hey,
>
> That's a good idea. Nevertheless, if someone comes in "off topic" after 
> two
> such warnings (not necessarily from me) I will henceforth put that writer's
> address on my blocked mail list.
>
> LHM
>
> In a message dated 12/13/02 8:19:42 AM, kpauljohnson@yahoo.com writes:
>
> >Hey,
> >
> >I would concur that political discussion is inappropriate here, but we
> >should all understand Eldon's reluctance to play policeman. When ULTers
> >start going on about unnamed people who shouldn't be here and ideas that
> >shouldn't be discussed, I can't help suspecting that they'd prefer to get
> >rid of every active participant who doesn't parrot the ULT party line.
> > When it is said that people on "ego trips" should go away, I think "be
> >careful what you wish for" because a god granting that wish might remove
> >a lot of you true believers along with some of us heathen.
> >
> >Although my political sympathies are quite different from those of Bart,
> >Larry, and Bill, I consider them friends and have no desire to debate
> politics
> >with them here or elsewhere. People who want spirited liberal debate are
> >advised to check out
> >http://democraticunderground.com
> >There are comparable rightwing sites.
> >
> >There is a happy medium between defining theosophical discussion so 
> narrowly
> >as to exclude "everyone but me and thee" and defining it so broadly as
> >to allow any old thing. Eldon surely has the judgment to do this, but
> >do we want to burden him with enforcing guidelines about theosophical
> discussion
> >topics?
> >
> >What I propose: put some guidelines in the list description about what
> >is off-topic here. Then, when someone posts something off-topic, instead
> >of arguing with it, (BART) just say "that's off-topic." And most 
> especially
> >(DALLAS, LEON) don't write vague sweeping posts denouncing multiple 
> unnamed
> >miscreants who ought not be here, and implicitly asking Eldon to get rid
> >of them. Just say "Hey, Steve, (or whoever) that's off-topic." That way
> >you are taking responsibility for objecting to specific posts by specific
> >posters, rather than (IMO) polluting the atmosphere with denunciations
> >of a generic class of unnamed, unwelcome participants. That's carrying
> >ULT "impersonality" to a destructive extreme.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Paul
>
>
>
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