Re: [ga] Resolve

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dr. Dierker and all,

  I believe you mischaracterize what was at the center.  Rather IMHO,
truth, honesty, and frankness was at the center.

Rules should be guidelines, and are not etched in stone, nor have
the force of law.  To extoll or consider otherwise is foolhardy.

Rules however can be enforced if one has control of the ways
and means by which to do so.  We here do not. However
bad rules like bad policy and process yield bad and sometimes
unpredictable results.

Hugh Dierker wrote:

>    We recently had a test of our resolve. It centered around the right
> to post whatever one pleases. At the present stage of our
> redevelopment, the fact of the matter is that we cannot enforce any
> rules past, present or future.
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>   It may irk some to have to read through posts that are not
> acceptable in their eyes. It may aggravate others that they are deemed
> irrelevant due to their outer limits posting. One thing is for
> certain, the delete button always works. The only power a poster has
> is in their credibility.
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>   Leaving the list now as we prepare and adopt our list rules would
> clearly reflect a lack of resolve.
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>   We have dealt with this latest problem and move on.
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>   Eric
>   as GA Chair
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>   ps. In the dawn I read this fine quote;
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>   He who guards his mouth and his tongue
> keeps himself from calamity.
> The proud and arrogant man??Mocker? is his name;
> he behaves with overweening pride.
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Regards,

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