On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 08:15:56PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 22 May 2007 00:47:38 +0200 > David Jardine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 10:46:09AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > [...] > > > I see your point about offensiveness, but I'll point out that the OT > > > thread I started (Good, evil, etc) was a response to a sig that I felt > > > attacked religion unfairly. Many people use quite provocative sigs, > > > ridiculing (often wittily) political or religious views they oppose. If > > > we demand that posts be inoffensive, I counter-request that people cut > > > the offensive sigs. > > > > So it seems that what we really need is not a separate OT list but > > a separate politically correct, censored list, while the rest of > > the community carries on ranting, reminiscing, joking - and > > requesting and receiving expert advice on using their debian systems. > > I'm not sure I understand your comment. A simple joke? A mockery of my > point? Are you for or against OT stuff, including rants? I don't mean > to be difficult, I just don't want to misread you.
I just wanted to say that one - mostly inactive - subscriber to the list was happy to accept all the noise in return for a human (arrogant, humorous, offensive, thoughtful, bigoted...) face to the list and a lot of useful help. -- David Jardine "Running Debian GNU/Linux and loving every minute of it." -L. von Sacher-M.(1835-1895) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
