[A-List] offlist

[Leigh Meyers]

CeJ just became my third spamlist entry for listservs, added to Louis
Proyect & Doug Henwood on [Pen-l]. Two other list bullies/subverters.
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Leigh

Stick to Juan Cole please.

CJ

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Get this guy's IP address and shut him off.

On 5/31/07, Michael Keaney <michael011 at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> Hi Jim
>
> I must say that I'm quite taken aback by this whole affair and a little
> bit floundering. The other moderators have been conspicuous by their
> silence on this (not even any offlist traffic) and Macdonald and
> especially Yoshie's fey why-can't-we-all-live-together flying the face
> of copious evidence grates in the extreme. Most disturbing is the damage
> this guy is willing to cause in order to enforce his "rights", such that
> he is prepared to wound Ward Churchill's campaign in order just to get
> at you. David Horowitz could not have asked for more.
>
> I have been in touch with Hans Ehrbar about the possibility of putting
> the list archive behind a password, with the promise that I would get
> back to him on it if the situation deteriorated further. I've had one
> message of petty harrassment from CJ since my last list communication.
> If CJ continues to threaten using anything from the list as part of his
> agenda then I will ask Hans to activate the password protection in order
> to prevent outsiders from accessing the files. Then it will be just CJ's
> word against the rest of us. The bottom line is that he is not able to
> inflict serious damage on you personally and any of the causes that we
> support.
>
> Overall I think that Michael Hudson has the right take on this and maybe
> I overreacted yesterday. Ignoring the punk usually suffices, but given
> his dwindling number of potential outlets for venting his spleen (who
> with any sense would accept him onto a list now) we may be in his sights
> for some time. So, unless things get really serious I suggest we do as
> MH recommends.
>
> I'm really sorry for all this, Jim. The last thing I want to happen is
> added stress and anxiety for you or anyone else on the list. CJ should
> never have been allowed on in the first place, but I was not privy to
> that decision (possibly being offlist at the time, so nobody's "fault"
> per se). Perhaps we should regard this as evidence that we are doing
> something right, since it seems to be attracting so much unwelcome
> attention - a small consolation.
>
> Take care,
>
> Michael
>
>
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