[Buddha-l] Re: The world according to Buddha-heck

Richard P. Hayes rhayes at unm.edu
Fri Oct 21 09:50:20 MDT 2005


On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 08:44 -0400, Peter D. Junger wrote:

> : Although some people seem to equate moderation with censorship, one of
> : the virtues of a fully moderated list is that it can save a poster (or
> : heckler) the potential embarrassment of shouting to the entire universe
> : what was intended to be whispered in a lone partially deaf ear.
> 
> But that only works if the moderator knows that the intent was to
> whisper to one rather than shout to all.

Now you understand why I only let those who have developed telepathic
powers serve as moderators on buddha-l. (Of course, I didn't have to
tell you this by e-mail, since you will have read my mind long before I
can type this message.)

-- 
Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico



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