C wrote: > After being publicly defamed for politely and privately appealing > to the better nature of a couple of list members, I am thinking about > posting the following. Feedback would be appreciated. :-) Go for it ! I even suggest a PS: "Don't forget to have the ceremonial videotaped so you can send a copy to the new network show: World's Weirdest Cyberdependant Psychopaths... You may win their grand Prize: Free therapy with Dr Ruth to cure your anal retention causing the uncontrolable to flame/harass other Netizens" I always believed that public ridicule is the best answer to "flame throwers" they usually take thmeselves seriously ... And otherwise list owning can be very tough on morale (n'est-ce pas M.L. ? ;-) I also believe that users have more respect for a list owner with an attitude ... Kind to kind people, and sarcastically cynical to S.O.B. Also encourage your users to e-mail their opinions privately to other posters, it worked to some extent on our list and I do believe that produces long lasting changes since it "changes" posting behavior ... PS If your the sole owner consider: QUIET DEL *[log in to unmask] After all the list could be set to auto-delete ;-) and the Internet is a place where "strange things" do happen ... Major routers down, cut phone lines, uunet relays down, corrupted mailfiles etc , etc , etc ... ;-) -- Eric Paul-Hus