Subject: Fwd:  Re: [burningcorn] That was really disappointing

--- In burningcorn@y..., "kail" <kail@t...> wrote:
Yup GX there's 2 new polls.
I think evryone has been quite civil on this list concerning the
video/pictures. There's a good discussion going on and I'm sure 
something
will be worked out.

BTW, the 11th sounds grand for a party. I already have one to go to 
that
night so I'l be in town.
Yes, I'm so poplular I have TWO  parties to go to that night! LOL! 
(said
with a faggy voice)

Kail

GX said:
> NO offence intended, BUT WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
>
> WHAT Poll??  The only poll mentioned on this Group was started 
before the
> event took place.  Unless there was some other poll that I did not
see,(and
> I check this group 3-4 times a day.) I have seen nothing that 
indicates a
> final group Rule on this issue other than Permission should be 
obtained
for
> use of images that are of recognizable persons posted in public 
forms.  No
> one has declared the issue closed, only that some of us want to see 
all
the
> stuff we missed out on because we were actively participating in 
the event
> by are own choice and could not experience all that was going on.   
Good
> points have been made by both sides, I do not agree with all the 
points
made
> by my 'friends' or other people who attended.   But a general 
consensus
does
> seem to be coming out of it.  Some of us are not doing this as a 
flame
war,
> or gang attack, in fact I have been impressed by the civelness of 
most of
> the posts.
> In my opinion this is an appropriate form to discuss this.  Not all
parties
> in this group are on line with the regularity of others, so the 
time frame
> of the discussion can be longer than you might like.   But since it 
was
not
> brought up as an issue during the event, or the morning after, we 
did not
> have a personal sit down discussion about it.  You are welcome to 
come
down
> and talk to some of the attendees this Saturday or the following 
Saturday
at
> my Decompression party and look at some of the evidence in person 
to see
how
> it is being used and possibly to have any images that you find 
offensive
> destroyed or whatever.
>
> Oh and BTY, on the results of that Poll, I am sorry to let whoever 
wanted
my
> sperm sample down, but I am sterile.  It was a trick question, but 
if you
> really want to find out for your self I am willing to provide a 
sample,
with
> some help of course!! ;^)
>
> Lighten up people in 100 years none of this will matter, or will it?
>
> GXAOUI
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: PAUL
> To: <burningcorn@y...>
> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 3:03 PM
> Subject: [burningcorn] That was really disappointing
>
>
> > Using a poll to shut down a debate before it can move in a 
direction
> > one doesn't like, is just plain cheesy. Is that what somebody here
> > just tried to do ? It's hard not to wonder, given the timing.
> >
> > First, get a group of your friends together. Flame the hell out of
> > somebody who dares to argue with your position. Do it fast, before
> > he has a chance to find supporters. Then call a vote, before the
> > audience has a chance to calm down, and notice how little sense 
you
> > are making. Then declare the issue closed.
> >
> > Tacky. Really Tacky. List politics at its worst.
> >
> > You guys spend a few days piling the abuse on a lone visitor. 
Nobody
> objects. Then two of us write in to say, you know what, there's 
another
side
> to this issue. Would you be open to talking about it, freely and 
with an
> open mind ? I guess the answer is no. Really disappointing. I would 
have
> hoped for better out of you, but I guess I was wrong.
> >
> > Paul

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