[SOC] A bit of decorum please

[Ian C. Purdie]

John wrote:
> At 10:19 PM 13/10/09, you wrote:
> 
>> I'll allow my peer group to be the judge.
> What a sad boring world it would be if everybody agreed on 
> everything. Remember, opinions are like a$$holes, everybody has one, 
> and most all of them stink.
> 
> This peer says stay.

Err John,

And you are quite correct.

The issue isn't whether I stay, it's an issue whether we lower the boom 
on folks who have gone beyond the pale, even by SOC standards.

We don't abide "name calling". We may talk rubbish among ourselves but 
we don't personally denigrate fellow amateurs.

That's pretty simple. That's pure fact.

What I may have clumsily tried to allude to was:

In true SOC fashion, I'm one of a number of moderators of this List. In 
my memory, since day one, we've never taken action to sanction anyone.


BUT there's always a first.

If it get's out of control here, when respected members leave, I and 
others need to act. A small fact lots of newcomers forget.

That's where we are at. At the present I have no reason to contact him, 
  the "list God", himself as such. Remember him? He pays all the bills 
so that this list continues. He's also a very good mate of mine from 
over a decade back.

Quoting "Chuck Adams" from the olden day QRP-L list from a 100 years back...

"Just remember, who has the keys to the mens locker and the paddock?".

Smart Cats here know what I'm saying and why.


72/73's

Ian C. Purdie
Budgewoi N.S.W. Australia - Co-ords -S33° 13' 54.70", +E151° 33' 4.75"
VK2TIP "I'll give ya the TIP mate" QRP-L #1978. SOC #171 FP#91
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