On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 03:05:24PM -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Sunday 12 March 2006 14:44, Steve Lamb wrote: > But the fact that you see an error and work to correct it is good. You > have a good point here, and it is important that the point you are > making is not overshadowed by anything else. Just as with Anand's > responses. What he says would stand better on its own if it were not > attached to comments like threats to unsubscribe you and, "If you don't > like it, leave."
Here's what he said. I see no threat. * Nothing is going to change, so if you aren't happy with the setup of * debian-user then it probably isn't the list for you and you should * consider unsubscribing. > My understanding is that Debian, as a project, is > somewhat of a democracy. Anyone who understands a democracy knows that > one of its strengths is that those who disagree with how it is run need > to have a voice because that dissent forces those in power to listen > and, in doing so, create a stronger solution other than just one that > pleases most of the people. That a list manager can threaten to > unsubscribe a person and say, "If you don't like it, you can leave," > disturbs me. It is antithetical to what I understand Debian is > supposed to be. I hope he is merely having a really bad day. > Again, I see no threat. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
