A Warning

[Ono Seiko and Aaron Gerow]

Dear KineJapanners,

Again, we had another incident which exposes the demerits of having an 
unmoderated list.  There was a message that was clearly uncalled for and 
I have sent a warning to the sender.

I must remind everyone that personal attacks are in no way welcome on 
this list.  This is meant to be a civil discussion of Japanese cinema, 
not a mud-throwing contest.  It seems to be the case that the offender 
this time around was intending to send the message to an individual, not 
to the list, but mistakenly sent it to everyone.  This is a mistake that 
happens--even I have done it before--and most of the time it is harmless, 
though annoying.  But when it can cause problems like this, I do ask 
everyone to double and triple check the "To:" line of any message you 
send to KineJapan or, more specifically, any response you write to a 
message from KineJapan and want to send to an individual.

Mistakes will happen and I think they are the price for having an 
unmoderated list.  No moderation allows for more spontaneity and free 
discussion.  And frankly, neither I nor the other owners have the time to 
moderate.  If KineJapan needed moderation, we'd probably have to stop the 
list.  So please take care when participating: KineJapan's quality and 
future depends on it.

Aaron Gerow
Yokohama National University
KineJapan list owner
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