[PEN-L:11145] Re: shun him!

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

bill mitchell wrote:

> A sad day micheal that you have to be the censor. self-regulation (along
> jim's lines) would have been better. then you give the person a chance
> to re-engage the dialogue in some effective way.
>
> it is too easy to just silence.

Self-regulation would be better, but I have never seen shunning work on
pen-l.  I held off on taking action, but by the time that the person
starts to become the center of our conversation, the dynamics will spin
out of control.

You might recall that we had already tried to ask Karl to communicate in
a less provocative way some weeks ago.  I saw no reason to believe that
self-discipline would work on his side.
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
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