[Strawbale] [ADMIN] Stop discussion of Global warming
Mike Weaver
mweaver at misteam.net
Sat Feb 10 08:52:55 CST 2007
How many people want a Global Warming list?
Please email me off list.
Mike Weaver, REOO list serv admin.
Alan Mason wrote:
>Dear Administrator,
>
>I have been on other email lists where administrators have restricted
>discussions to totally "on topic" subjects, even when the "off topic"
>subjects have addressed the larger context of the list. Some of those lists
>are not longer in existance, others should be.
>
>Sustainable building, strawbale or otherwise, exists, in part, in the
>context of what human civilization is or may be doing to the planet. IMNSHO,
>and from experience, if this, or any other, list can't tolerate discussions
>that address the larger context the list exists in, especially when those
>discussions remain civil and don't interrupt into flame-wars, then the list
>has no real vitality or relevance, and is in danger of becoming boring and
>a waste of bandwidth. There is only so much you can say about a given
>limited topic. As David (Talking Heads) Byrne wrote, "Say something once,
>why say it again?"
>
>And, finally, where should we take the discussion? Is the administrator
>willing to do us the courtesy of creating a Strawbale OT (off-topic) list
>for those of us who don't want to color inside the lines?
>
>@
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Strawbale Owner" <strawbale-owner at listserv.repp.org>
>To: <strawbale at listserv.repp.org>
>Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 8:27 PM
>Subject: [Strawbale] [ADMIN] Stop discussion of Global warming
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>>Stop this discussion. It is off topic and not appropriate to this
>>list. Take the discussions off list or to some list where it belongs.
>>
>>dion
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>>Dion Hollenbeck
>>Strawbale List Sitter
>>strawbale-owner at listserv.repp.org
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