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<DIV>One of the dangers in being candid with some people is that they'll
misquote a private email and post it to the list. That is the case
here. </DIV>
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<DIV>The paragraph below in quotes is an accurate representation of what I
told RicB in a private email. It was in the context of requesting
that the subjects of politics and religion be omitted from the PTG
lists. My political views were confined to a private post rather than a
public one. </DIV>
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<DIV>I'll not respond publicly about his or my political views. The
meaning he perceived from my political views and his
negative public response serves as a prime example of why we try to
keep politics and religion off the list. </DIV>
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<DIV>Dave Porritt, co-chair</DIV>
<DIV>Electronic Communications Committee</DIV>
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***********<BR><BR>On 11/16/2002 at 10:56 AM Richard Brekne wrote:</FONT></DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid">Send
your complaints to David Porrit and his "Committee" According to him
they are busy planing how to deal with just about the whole gambit of unwanted
content and subscribers.
<BLOCKQUOTE>"The Electronic Communications Committee has recently spread out
to all its members the job of administering the list. Dealing with
viruses, spam and misdirected posts is one thing, dealing with list members
insisting that we unsubscribe participants in flame wars is one job we feel
would like to avoid if we can."</BLOCKQUOTE>
<P><BR>He sent me this in response to something I wrote the other day that he
deemed innappropriate. That is after he got done calling me "stupid" for not
understanding that the US elections were already finished. :) Guess he didnt
read the post closely enough. <BR> <BR>-- snip --</P>
<P><BR>Richard Brekne <BR>RPT, N.P.T.F. <BR>UiB, Bergen, Norway <BR><A
href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <BR><A
href="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A>
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David M. Porritt
dporritt@mail.smu.edu
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275
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