On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:30:33 +0000 Andy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip] > > I just want to point out that some of the OT'ers are among the > > most knowledgable and prolifically helpful of the posters on this > > list (I obviously have no basis for judgement about lurkers), e.g > > Roberto (my bias: he's apparently religious and anti-abortion, so > > I have a natural sympathy with him :)), and we should take that > > into account when criticizing them. > > No we should not. What we should expect is that they have enough > respect for everyone else to keep their postings here relevant to > use of Debian, and save the rest for their MySpace. Those who contribute massive amounts of helpful information might be excused for also vigorously OT'ing; I certainly don't think they should be so sharply criticized by others who rarely contribute [I don't mean you]. Someone like Joey [a DD who reads and posts to the list] obviously has much stronger grounds for irritation. Celejar -- ssuds.sourceforge.net - Home of Ssuds and Ssudg, a Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]