Re: Chastisement (A plea for calm)

[Dean Anderson <dean at av8.com>]

Which 12 were repeated?

		--Dean

On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:

> Dean,
>
> if you really want me to pursue this topic, raise a process complaint.
> Note that:
>
> - The namedroppers issue has been dealt with extensively before.
> - The DNSOPS list is not moderated.
> - Since you asked, I have scanned both your comments and Rob's comments on
> DNSOP; by my count, you repeated the same argument with no additional
> information in approximately 12 out of the 35 messages you sent to the list
> over the last month.
>
> For anyone who wants to check:
>
> The list archive is at http://www.cafax.se/dnsop/maillist/
> Rob's note to you is at
> http://www.cafax.se/dnsop/maillist/2003-04/msg00002.html
>
>                Harald
>
>
> --On torsdag, april 03, 2003 19:01:26 -0500 Dean Anderson <dean at av8.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Sometimes the moderator has their own axe to grind.
> >
> > This has happened with Dan Bernstein on namedroppers to the extent where
> > his address was posted for unauthorized unsubscriptions, his messages were
> > blocked, and handled in ways that were inappropriately unique. Others have
> > also experienced this. Randy Bush is a frequent abuser.
> >
> > I have just seen this on DNSOP, where Rob Austein asked for a discussion
> > topic to stop, and then asked for the polar opposite to be re-introduced
> > "from oblivion". He refused to chastise several blatant ad hominems
> > containing foul language, and instead publicly chastised me without cause,
> > only because I was on the opposite side.  Randy Bush was an abuser in this
> > case as well. In fact, Bush only contributed ad hominems to the
> > discussion.
> >
> > See my message to DNSOP dated Tue, 1 Apr 2003 18:55:49 -0500 (EST)
> >
> > Quoting myself:
> >   "Instead of using your authority to bias discussion around proposals you
> >    personally support, you should chastise those making ad hominem
> > attacks,    or otherwise unprofessional posts, to keep discussion on a
> > professional    level, and work to clarify arguments and objections, so
> > that rational    decisions can be made."
> >
> > There is much discouragement when faced with such obvious bias toward
> > leader's personal pet projects, and the failure to police the abuse of
> > "chums" in the leadership.
> >
> > 		--Dean
>
>