Re: [ga-abuse] Complaint Against William X. Walsh

[Alexander Svensson <svensson@icannchannel.de>]

> Complaint by Patrick Corliss Against William X. Walsh
> Grounds:  Personal Attack, Insults & Slander
> Person Attacked:  Joop Teernstra
> "you support heavy handed dictatorial type actions"
>
> http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga/Arc07/msg03496.html

This is indeed a personal attack which I would include
in my M1 against William X. Walsh -- which is expanding
and expanding unless we /do/ something about it.

> The whole tone of the post is hostile.  Even "your motion is out of order .
> . . not in compliance with the list rules" is an attack.  William knows
> perfectly well there are no rules relating to puttig motions.  Saying so is
> just another form of insult.

No! One may argue whether William is correct or not
(I also think that Joop's motion may be out of order
because there should be debate on it before it is
moved), but to use the list rules against this
particular remark would IMO be overstreching the
term 'insult'. If we start establishing our own
standards of 'other forms of insult', GA members will
rightly accuse us of bending rules.

Best regards,
/// Alexander

> It is trying to make Joop look like a rule-breaker when, in fact, he is
> putting forward a perfectly sensible motion.  See my reply for what would be
> appropriate.
> The URL is http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga-rules/Arc00/msg00241.html
>
> Best regards
> Patrick Corliss


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: William X. Walsh <william@userfriendly.com>
> To: Joop Teernstra <terastra@terabytz.co.nz>
> Cc: <ga@dnso.org>
> Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 20:50:22 -0700
> Subject: Re: [ga] Motion to the Chair


>> Hello Joop,
>>
>> Your motion is out of order.

> <snip>