Theos-Talk Archives (October 2004 Message tt00002)

Hey,

That's the kind of thing I mean. One person does it all the time and
Pedro was on the receiving end of a large number of these. But the
other day it was done by someone else to Gregory Tillett in the
nastiest manner I've ever seen the "calling out" phenomenon here. 

Cheers,

Paul

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Morten N. Olesen"
<global-theosophy@a...> wrote:
> 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?
> 
> 
> from
> M. Sufilight
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "kpauljohnson" <kpauljohnson@y...>
> To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 3:26 PM
> Subject: Theos-World Re: about participation on theos-talk
> 
> 
> > Dear Eldon,
> >
> > 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.)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Paul
> >
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> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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