[Web4lib] Subscriber Removal Clarification

[JB Bryant]

To say Chuck broke the policy, but it's OK because of mitigating
circumstances, is the definition of discriminatory.

Dealing with Chuck by himself, judged only against the policies rather
than against the actions of others, is by definition
non-discriminatory.

Now, if more than one person equally broke policy, but they are not
dealt with equally, there is another discrimination issue to deal with.
But that is a separate topic from whether Chuck should have been
penalized.

I did use the phrase "equally broke policy" intentionally. It does
bring some subjectivism into the issue, but not entirely. For instance,
Chuck was a repeat offender and had been warned and banned in the past.
Is that true of other offenders? If so, they should receive the same
treatment as Chuck. If not, they should receive the same treatment as
Chuck did on his first offense.

Whoops, I almost strayed off of my point. To reiterate, Chuck needs to
be dealt with ion accordance with Chuck's actions. Others need to be
dealt with in accordance with their own actions.

J.B. Bryant 
Knowledge CPT 
Orrville, OH 

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Joshua Ferraro
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 4:29 PM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Subscriber Removal Clarification

On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 04:21:00PM -0500, JB Bryant wrote:
> My response to that (I don't plan on continuing this much longer
> myself) is that the action under scrutiny right now is removing
Chuck.
> I think we need to discuss that on its own. If others should have
been
> removed as well, that needs to be treated as a separate discussion.
So in effect, we should single out Chuck, and ignore the contextual
aspects of his actions. Well I for one disagree. I think enforcing
policies (list or otherwise) should be non-discriminatory. If 
several people are 'guilty' of the same offense, either they should
all recieve the same sanction, or the policy should be changed.

Joshua
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