Ginger,<br><br>I do not really like the trolls that have been circulating for the past weeks.. But I stick to this list because I know there are relevant discussions that I would want to listen to. But personal attacks are a sign of a weak argument.<br>
<br>I do not expect that such trolls would just simply go away because they do not pay much attention. In my experience, they won't go away easily as trolls thrive on attention. Best to ignore them. So I have filtered my emails from this list, too, because of the overwhelming amount of unrelated discussions and attacks.<br>
<br>Regards,<br>Charity<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Ginger Paque <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gpaque@gmail.com">gpaque@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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We are having
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until we have fulfilled the steps stipulated in the ICG charter for
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suggest that you set your Spam or other email filters to remove
unwanted messages before they reach your inbox.<br>
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A close look
at recent IGC archives show an increasing number of messages by trolls.
It also shows an increase in "unsubscribes". All of us must take
individual action to avoid destruction of the list. The co-coordinators
cannot do it with administrative action alone, because we must protect
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We may need to
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list. Please consider these possibilities and opine if you think
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Ginger <b><br>
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