Hello Everyone,

We ask that you respect the request of your Moderators to close a thread.
David's request was not a solicitation for anyone to defend their position
and/or opinion. If you must make a follow-up comment, there is simply no
reason why it cannot wait until Friday.

Even in that situation, it is more appropriate to open a new thread rather
than re-opening one already closed. Closed means "No further discussion."

Just a reminder, your follow-up comments should avoid subjects that relate
to religion or politics. Those subjects tend to lead to passionate off-topic
discussions which are not permitted on this List even on Fridays.

BenT

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 3:06 AM, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> I didn't object to it being closed, but having originated it, it was no
> more
> political than if I'd posted about the death of a family member.  It was
> very much an expression of sadness to a community of friends, Friday or no
> Friday.
>
>
>
> Joy
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 3:29 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
> wrote:
>
> > At 12:53 AM 9/1/2009, miguel pacheco wrote:
> >
> >> Sorry, but I have to pipe in on this one, as I was camping in my
> >>
> >
> > Sorry Miguel, but you really shouldn't have.  The moderators closed
> > this thread Friday night as a political thread, which isn't allowed
> > ever.  But even if not, you *could* and *should* have waited until
> > Friday to respond to a Friday thread.
> >
> > Ordinarily I'd say this privately, and there are no hard feelings on
> > this side and I hope none on yours -- but I want to make a strong
> > point to everyone that we Really Mean It about Fryeday-type
> > threads.  They can stretch for a whole year of Fridays, but during
> > the week they're Closed.
> >
> > Also -- Ben and I still haven't agreed on a policy about requests for
> > NVC help outside of Fridays.  We'll talk more about it soon and hope
> > to establish a policy.  Sorry it's taken so long -- it's not that
> > we've been bitterly wrangling about it or anything, just press of
> > other business, real life etc.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > David
> >
> >  --
> > David Beierl - Providence RI USA --
>