Subject: Moderator announce: Ponders' discussion of global warming
From: FromStump: yes
Date: 11/29/2007 5:40:42 PM
When it was originally posted, it looked like spam trying to incite
arguments to me. I'm just ignoring it.
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Gareee
(Gary Tabar Jr.)
Subject: Moderator announce: Ponders' discussion of global warming
From: FromStump: yes
Date: 11/30/2007 10:55:01 AM
"Hal" <me@privacy.net> wrote
> On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:40:42 CST, "Gareee©"
> <gareee-nospammy@charter.net> wrote:
>
>>When it was originally posted, it looked like spam trying to incite
>>arguments to me. I'm just ignoring it.
>
> Same here! I'm a bit surprised that so many people formerly from
> rec.ponds responded.
Well, things are slow, it's that time of year, and people are bored.. LOL!
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Gareee
(Gary Tabar Jr.)
Subject: Moderator announce: Ponders' discussion of global warming
From: FromStump: yes
Date: 11/30/2007 6:52:30 PM
"Phyllis and Jim" <jimandphyllisrp@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:87118123-879e-4106-be1c-cfa7a89ade39@j44g2000hsj.googlegroups.com...
> The moderation team has been following our discussion of global
> warming.
>
>
> When the topic arose, we considered it (marginally) related to ponds
> and let it continue. We have been pleased that the general tone of
> the discussion has been civil and respectful...qualities prized by so
> many in this group!
>
>
> As time has gone on, the thread has taken somewhat of a life of its
> own and moved more off topic. We do not want to cut the topic off
> and
> we do not want to have rpm become filled with discussions of global
> warming.
>
>
> Accordingly, we are asking those making contributions to the
> discussion of global warming to add their posts to the thread now
> titled 'Ponders' discussion of global warming'. Civil posts about
> global warming will be moderated as usual and passed on to the
> thread. Uncivil posts and posts to other global warming threads will
> be returned to their senders, who may modify them and add them to the
> 'Ponder's discussion of global warming' thread.
>
>
> Thank you all for handling a potentially flame-filled topic in a
> respectful manner.
>
>
> Jim Hurley
> Writing as administrative moderator for the rpm moderation team
>
>
Oddly enough you decided to reject a post from the person who started it.
BTW: Peter Pan and I took the conversation to another group and had
absolutely no problem. Maybe you should relax a little and wait until the
conversation becomes an actual flame fest.
Jim
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