Threats=Bans

[David A. Goldfarb]

Why not delete the whole thread? The point has been made.

Well, the longer the thread runs, the more colorful the punishments that may be imagined. I rather like the punishment of Damiens the Regicide quoted in the opening to Foucault's Discipline and Punish--

On 1 March 1757 Damiens the regicide was condemned "to make the amende honorable before the main door of the Church of Paris", where he was to be "taken and conveyed in a cart, wearing nothing but a shirt, holding a torch of burning wax weighing two pounds"; then, "in the said cart, to the Place de Grève, where, on a scaffold that will be erected there, the flesh will be torn from his breasts, arms, thighs and claves with red-hot pincers, his right hand, holding the knife with which he committed the said parricide, burnt with sulphur, and, on those places where the flesh will be torn away, poured molten lead, boiling oil, burning resin, wax and sulphur melted together and then his body drawn and quartered by four horses and his limbs and body consumed by fire, reduced to ashes and his ashes thrown to the winds"

[Frank Petronio]

Thank you David!

It may be that if threats escalate, Kirk may want to use threads like these to establish the background and history....

[Merg Ross]

David, very good!

Perhaps that could appear on the LF Home Page.

Cheers,
Merg

[Kirk Gittings]

Good thought, Mark. That is actually what I had in mind; "lock", not "delete".
Thanks,
Merg

Thanks guys, that is the conclusion I came to too. Point made. I'll do it tomorrow.

[rwyoung]

Delete as you see fit. And if you do feel there is some aspect of the originating threat that should be taken seriously, then do so. Better safe than sorry.

Nighty-night and don't let the threat-bugs bite.

[Once]

All,
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As a result of this incident, and after consulting with my fellow moderators, I have decided on a 0 tolerance policy for threats, whether made on or off the forum.
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Similar behavior in the future, on or off the forum will incur more severe responses. Be warned all.

This job does not compensate me well enough to put up with such nonsense.

Thanks all,

Well, I see it a little bit differently, Kirk. Here you go, threatening "all" of us that if threatened, you'll retaliate.
Well. Thanks for your threat. It didn't take you long time as a moderator to come with threats to "all", did it? I simply think, that you should take care of your private emails with others privately and not to take it on us all. Simply because I have nothing to do with you private emails and your reactions to them. Please, keep them private! That's my view of your threat. Once

[Dan Fromm]

Once, Kirk didn't threaten you. He stated board policy.

I don't see how you can interpret setting the limits of acceptable behavior as a threat.

[Once]

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I don't see how you can interpret setting the limits of acceptable behavior as a threat.

That's not my fault.

[Brian K]

Well, the longer the thread runs, the more colorful the punishments that may be imagined. I rather like the punishment of Damiens the Regicide quoted in the opening to Foucault's Discipline and Punish--

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Originally Posted by Michel Foucault
On 1 March 1757 Damiens the regicide was condemned "to make the amende honorable before the main door of the Church of Paris", where he was to be "taken and conveyed in a cart, wearing nothing but a shirt, holding a torch of burning wax weighing two pounds"; then, "in the said cart, to the Place de Grève, where, on a scaffold that will be erected there, the flesh will be torn from his breasts, arms, thighs and claves with red-hot pincers, his right hand, holding the knife with which he committed the said parricide, burnt with sulphur, and, on those places where the flesh will be torn away, poured molten lead, boiling oil, burning resin, wax and sulphur melted together and then his body drawn and quartered by four horses and his limbs and body consumed by fire, reduced to ashes and his ashes thrown to the winds"

Sounds like routine procedure down at Gitmo........


Seriously though, making threats, or even getting abusive in pm's or emails should have zero tolerance for everyone. If someone is so disturbed as to wish harm, especially physical harm to anyone here, then they simply don't belong here.

[jetcode]

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