On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 5:46 AM, Bill Arnold <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't believe that filters solve the problem. It's like there's a guy in > the back of the room heckling and shouting nonsense every time you try to > talk,
If ProFox did not have the [OT] convention, which I strictly obey, I could understand, and I personally would not use it as a kind of water cooler for venting my spleen, out of respect for its strictly technical purpose. But Ed allows it, and the community has a kind of love-hate relationship with it, and happens to be populated with fascinating folks whom I have come to like over the years. Believe it or not I read most of the technical discussions as well. [OT] is a kind of "Cheers" where everybody knows your name, even when you adopt a pseudonym. ;) Maintaining a blog isn't something I've taken to yet though I've pondered the possibility. And the truth Bill is you simply hate freedom of speech for people who come from different perspective, and view life's "resources" as altogether too few to allow it for people you deem "uncreative." The cognitive dissonance between, on the one hand, your eager anticipation of a free internet in, say, China, and panting for regulation and control over "annoying" voices here on this list, on the other, is... well, simply delicious! Even so, I enjoy reading your reflections and animadversions. > and while you can put in an earplug, you know it's happening and > others are listening, which frustrates the forum in different ways. Some > just leave, some are inhibited from talking, some are confused, some are > mad, etc. Thus what could have been an incubator for useful idea development > becomes a stricken neighborhood. > > Where's the creativity? >From a guy biochemically incapable of finding humor, valid points, or even humanity in anyone with a view not oriented around the things you think is important, that is a very rich question. - Publius -- "It ought never to be forgotten, that a firm union of this country, under an efficient government, will probably be an increasing object of jealousy to more than one nation of Europe; and that enterprises to subvert it will sometimes originate in the intrigues of foreign powers, and will seldom fail to be patronized and abetted by some of them. Its preservation, therefore ought in no case that can be avoided, to be committed to the guardianship of any but those whose situation will uniformly beget an immediate interest in the faithful and vigilant performance of the trust." [Federalist Papers #59] _______________________________________________ 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.
