A belligerent response does not mean that someone's action was offensive. Whether a message is polite or not is a question of what it says. My message pointed out what is right to do, but did not make a demand. It did not attack or even criticize anyone. It was polite and inoffensive.
My message did not _cause_ anyone to leave the list. Some people chose to leave the list, slamming the door behind them metaphorically, but that was a gesture. They did it as a demand to gag me. They did not have to do that. They could easily have let my message pass without responding. If they had done so, this side-discussion would have been over so fast they'd hardly have noticed it. Don't worry about them -- they will probably come back. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html. _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
