On Oct 22, 2013, at 4:55 PM, Randy Bush <randy@xxxxxxx> wrote: > i am a bit taken aback by the vigilantism. > > it was just an email message, and a factual one at that. the usual > example is _falsely_ shouting "fire" specifically because it can cause > *actual* *physical* *harm*. get a delete key. get procmail. get a > grip. Right, that's not the policy. If that were the policy, a number of notorious abusers of the mailing list would still have posting privileges. If the first message had been the beginning of a conversation, I would have taken it a lot differently, but the way it was dropped on the list with no discussion, it just looked like an attempt to start a massive flame war. That's exactly the sort of thing that the sergeant-at-arms is supposed to deal with.