Theos-Talk Archives (October 2004 Message tt00001)

Hallo Paul and all,

Paul wrote:
---no "calling out" listmembers
by posting challenges to them with their names in the header." ---

Can you help me out by writing an example, because I am not sure
I exactly understood that one?
What are challenges? Or is it just not using the name in the header you are
referring to?


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M. Sufilight


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "kpauljohnson" <kpauljohnson@yahoo.com>
To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 3:26 PM
Subject: Theos-World Re: about participation on theos-talk


> Dear Eldon,
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> Fine, but I have one further suggestion: no "calling out" listmembers
> by posting challenges to them with their names in the header. A much
> larger discussion forum I belong to has this rule and enforces it
> consistently, and it seems to help the atmosphere. It's an aggressive
> tactic that promotes a contentious atmosphere, and recently it has
> descended to a new and dehumanizing level. (Of course it's OK to add
> a note "reply to John" to make it clear who's being addressed.)
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> Cheers,
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> Paul
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