[nukkad] [Admin] Our idiocy shines through

[Harshal Chhaya <hchhaya@epsilon.pair.com>]

Lest you think that the list is silent due to a sudden outbreak of sanity, 
let me disabuse you - I have suspended "nukkad".

The behavior of folks over the past couple of days was quite an
eye-opener. It made us realise what naive idiots we (Ninad and I) are.

We continue to believe that the effort and resources to spend to 
maintain "nukkad" will be used as intended. We continue to foster
the belief that most list members are mature individuals who realise the
effort it takes to manage something like this for nearly two years.
We persist in our belief that educated individuals do not need nannies 
to enforce good behavior and that self-moderation will ultimately 
work. 

Time and again, people on this list have tried to cure our wide-eyed
optimism. They have demonstrated that the idealistic beliefs don't work
and that we need to get a reality check. But the morons that we are, we 
refuse to listen. 

Every once in a while, a few people ignore all commonsense, ignore all 
guidelines and for all purposes, take over the list. They flood everyone's
mailboxen with blather and make it impossible to communicate. They try 
their best to explain to us our fallacies, our mistakes. But do we
learn? Nope.

Well, maybe we did learn something out of the recent fracas. Maybe,
"nukkad" is not a good idea after all. Maybe, it is much more fun to 
abuse a free resource than we had thought. Maybe, strict control over
who is allowed to post is essential for intelligent discussion.

We will mull over this new-found knowledge over the next few days.
During this time, enjoy your peace.

- 'shal

P.S. List members who try to unsubscribe during the suspension will
have to try again when (if?) the list is resumed. For now, all your
unsub messages are not processed. That's how the list manager 
package works. Sorry.

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