Bob Calco wrote: >> At 15:58 2009-10-12, Michael Madigan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It's amazing that skilled programmers can't set filters. >>> >> Actually, it is very easy. The problem is that some of the >> [OT] material is of interest. That is why I suggested that Ed create >> a [USP] tag for U.S. politics. >> > > I don't mind voluntarily appending [USP] to [OT] whenever it's only about US > Politics, for those people closed-minded enough to want to filter that out. > It doesn't take an edict from Ed to achieve this. Let's just agree on a > taxonomy of off topic posts. I for one would like to filter out Australia > and Argentina. ;) > Hey! Let's do something even better. I promise not to post anything related to Argentina's internal politics and you don't post about USA's internal politics. Deal?
> Again, my purpose is not and never has been to disrupt the educational > endeavors of legitimate ProFox folks, or to be a burden on anyone who thinks > I'm a boogeyman. I just enjoy the OT banter, it's really the only list where > I feel as comfortable as I do hemming and hawing about stuff, sharing my > honest views. I don't mind adding sub-categories to OT to help people select > the posts that actually interest them. > I'd also like a word count category, so I can ignore all your posts that exceed 100 words. > 1. False piousness. Ed is the main offender here, but by no means the only. > He likes to act like he's never in his life lit a flame on OT, or said > anything rude, or posted mindless drivel, or otherwise acted like a jerk. We > *do* have the archives.... These phonies like to pretend the line of > demarcation between "us" (the good posters) and "them" (the trolls) is > intelligence. Spare me! Spare yourself! > You are right. You should be banned because you are a bore, that you are not intelligent should not be held against you. ;c) > 2. Selective outrage. I agree I get into vain disputes and occasionally > cross lines of civility, the OT equivalent of a bar fight I guess. Guilty. > No excuse. But (a mitigating factor I hope) only with folks who go the > distance with me...and only when I know they have skulls thick enough to > absorb the impact. My good friends Ricardo and Geoff come to mind. :) But I > note the outrage is always about me, Mike or Pete, and never about Ricardo, > Geoff, or even Ed---all three of whom have their own trademark brands of > mocking and insulting people. That's because "outrageists" are known leftists and/or socialists. > Ed, OK, he's the maintainer of the list, we > all more or less have to kiss his gluteus. But singling out Mike (as so many > do), who (as Pete points out) has his "brand" of posting so to speak, and > actually when you get past the crusty one-liners is just as flesh-and-blood > as the rest of us, a complex person with an interesting life story (just > like Ed, Geoff and Ricardo for that matter), seems, well, disingenuous. > I was under the impression Mikey was an AU (artificial un-intelligence) engine created after the character Willy Wanker (the owner of that chocolate factory, you know). > We all love freedom of speech until someone speaks freely, or "our side" is > in power. I don't think they object your politics or your freedom of speech. Merely your lack of manners. ;c) --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
