[access-uk] Re: Moderators on the list!
- From: "andy logue" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 23:12:26 +0100
Hi Peter.
Have a good time if you get this message on time.
Best wishes.
Andy from sunny Kilcreggan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Logue" <peterlogue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 3:22 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Moderators on the list!
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> I don't see the word I used as a swear word. I was referring to rain and I
> used beginning with P and ending in issing down.. I'd say that is almost
> common language by now. Its not like it was the F word or the C or the B
> word which you even hear on BBC comedies these days. But anyway, enough
> said.
>
> Peter
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> Barry
> Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 8:29 AM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Moderators on the list!
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> It's fair enough that swearing might upset some people so we shouldn't use
> it, after all, it's not necessary. However, it's ironic that most kids
over
> the age of 11 swear when there are no adults around and adults swear when
> there are no kids around but neither are honest and open enough to do it
> when they are mixed. Has any adult ever asked a kid if they are offended
by
> swearing? It's not the children who are offended, it is a case of being
> offended by proxy. Is it because we don't want to corrupt the children?
> Most know the words, use them when adults are not around and are
eventually
> and inevitably told not to swear in front of the kids. Personally, I
think
> that the milder words, all of which I hear on Radio 4, add colour and
> intonation to language, especially the rather flat written language of
> email. As Billy Connelly said, there is no such thing as bad language; it
> is good language used badly.
> Barry H
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Peter Logue
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 4:07 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Moderators on the list!
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> So long as the moderator is a moderate moderator and doesn't jump on
> people's backs for referring to a rainfall in, um, common terms. IE
> referring to my local wet weather as, P something down. Receiving a,
> warning
> off email from someone who was never introduced as moderator? Well, I
was
> not best pleased, nor was I pleased to be informed that, although this
was
> the way folks might speak in Ontario, it certainly was not the current
> language of Scotland. I found this comment rather infuriating and in bad
> taste. I do agree that a list must be well moderated and the use of bad
> language must not be tolerated, but lets not go overboard. If someone
> does
> cross the line, I think a little diplomacy will serve better than
insults.
>
> Peter Logue
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
Of
> Steve Dryden
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 9:02 AM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Moderators on the list!
>
>
> Hi All, I would just like to take this opportunity to mention a few
> things.
> Firstly, thank you for putting up with the inconveniences over the last
> week
> or two. I myself have had no end of problems trying to even log onto
the
> website for admin of the group. For this reason. George Bell kindly
> offered
> to help out as he already has some experience with freelists in running
> the
> duxbury list. George has therefore been working closely with both
myself
> and Barry and George has been given, by myself, full rights as a
moderator
> and for group administration. In the transition of Access-UK from
> Yahoogroups to Freelists, his experience has proven invaluable.
> At this initial stage of transition, I am sure that with the presence of
> some glitches, tensions are raised. For this reason, I am sure that
> everyone can exercise some additional patience and treat others with the
> respect that they deserve.
>
> Shortly, a new updated list of guidelines will be sent out, please
digest
> these with the onset of the new list. Without mentioning any specifics,
> please do be careful of the style of language used on the list. I know
of
> several children who also read some of this mail and, please respect the
> wishes of the moderators.
>
> Best regards to you all.
>
> steve Hyde-Dryden
> Group Owner
>
>
>
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