Media seekers, reputation and banishment
Huge Cajones Remailer
nobody at huge.cajones.com
Fri Nov 15 13:12:35 PST 1996
> A community offers few punishments for asocial behavior. Killfiles
> are partly effective. But the strongest punishment is banishment.
The "community" didn't decide anything. John Gilmore did. His
machine, his mailing list, his decision, and his responsibility.
> The issue is "do we individually banish asocial louts or
> collectively?" and of course how do we decide who to banish.
Collectively => ban for people who don't want to ban the person.
> All of this is certainly easier when done individually yet it is
> often prudent and effective to have someone take action when they
> are in a position to do be effective. Gilmore acted properly in my
> opinion. And DV remains in my killfile.
If you still need a killfile, Gilmore wasn't very effective, was he?
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