[PEN-L:11151] Re: shun him!

[Bill Burgess <burgess@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Shunning is better than cutting someone out of the list, but it takes a
high degree of agreement and self-discipline among listers.

I sometimes despair at the little room that is often allowed for (what I
think are) ideas worth hearing, or if not worth hearing, at least better
heard than held secretly. However, Karl's comments were sexist in a way
that I don't think most of us would tolerate in a face-to-face
conversation, or at any public event we had any responsibility for.

I say thank you Michael P. for kicking him out. This is not censorship. It
is our right to a democratic atmosphere for discussions, and that requires
prompt action against the kind of blatant and aggressive sexism I read in
Karl's first couple of messages (I am assuming the rest were more of the
same, because I didn't read through them).

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Bill Burgess  (burgess@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Department of Geography,                 Tel: (604) 822-2663
University of British Columbia, B.C.     Fax: (604) 822-6150