I've already made my suggestion to Terry, but I'll restate it here. I
recommend that, in lieu of a fully moderated listserve (which will be a lot
of work for someone and reduce the *good* kind of spontaneous exchanges),
that we have a "death penalty." In this scenario there is a moderator, but
her/his role in this case is simply to "kill" a subscriber who is repeatedly
out of line. The moderator makes that call, in response to complaints sent
privately to the moderator by subscribers. I don't think this would happen
often, but it certainly would have happened already a few times. For
example, we wouldn't have had to put up with the "scientific proof of God"
for more than a couple of days, and name calling can be halted abruptly.
Ted Davis
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