[governance] Mailing list shorthand

[carlos a. afonso]

Sorry, Kieren, "CA" is already taken! :)

--c.a.

-----Original Message-----
From: "Milton L Mueller" <mueller at syr.edu>
To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>, "Kieren McCarthy"
<kierenmccarthy at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:01:00 -0400
Subject: RE: [governance] Mailing list shorthand

> Kieren:
> This is funny, thanks! In the same spirit, let me propose to add
> another acronym to your list:
> 
> APE: Apologia by Paid Employees. 
> 
> These are recurrent posts by employees of institutions that come
> under criticism on this list, designed to protect and defend the
> institution and/or its policies. Lists that have too many APEs tend
> to break down after a while, as there is an imbalance between the
> volunteer civil society actors who can only sustain these dialogues
> in their spare time, and the professional, well-funded employees who
> derive their salaries from the taxes imposed on the public by the
> institution they defend. 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kieren McCarthy [mailto:kierenmccarthy at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 5:09 PM
> > To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
> > Subject: [governance] Mailing list shorthand
> > 
> > I was going to ask if there are any rules of behaviour for this
> list, but
> > then thought better of it.
> > 
> > Then I thought I might propose some. And definitely thought better
> of
> > that.
> > 
> > So instead I have come up with a list of useful shorthand acronyms
> that
> > could be used in place of silence. Excellence in use to be rewarded
> by a
> > free drink from ICANN's general manager of public participation at
> an
> > ICANN
> > meeting of your choice.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > AH - Ad Hominum attack. A list favourite and an excellent way of
> avoiding
> > substantive discussion.
> > 
> > BS - Bait Served. To help highlight when someone is being
> specifically
> > provoked into an angry response.
> > 
> > BT - Bait Taken. When someone is daft enough to respond to the BS.
> > 
> > CA - Circular Argument. For those emails that cover the same issue
> with
> > the
> > same points all over again.
> > 
> > CT - Conspiracy Theory. For use when someone offers dark mutterings
> > without
> > a drop of factual evidence.
> > 
> > NIA - Not ICANN Again. For when it all gets too much.
> > 
> > NAI - North American Ideology. Not to be confused with NIA.
> Particular
> > useful when issues of access arise.
> > 
> > UN - Utter Nonsense. Not to be confused with the United Nations,
> which
> > breeds it own particular type of nonsense.
> > 
> > WT - Wasting Time. When a decision is approaching deadline and the
> list
> > goes
> > off on a three-day tangent.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I would like to start off the process by officially labeling this
> message
> > "BS".
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Kieren


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