"Alex Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>But, currently, it IS permissible on this list to
>post messages that say things like "your an idiot"
>or "this is off topic", "this has nothing to do with
>qmail".
That's shocking.
>I don't know who is the list owner
DJB
>or if the list
>owner is even remotely interested in making rules that
>make it impermissable for users to ridicule other
>subscribers or berate them for having too broad
>an interpretation of topicality.
I seriously doubt it. The list has functioned very well for years
without babysitting. I see no need to start doing it now.
>Of course I would gladly welcome an interest from
>the current list owner to do this as it would improve
>the list.
In your opinion, perhaps. I prefer the current arrangement, where
people are free to say whatever they want.
>I feel that part of what I am missing from the list
>is the unsaid, the emails which have been self-censored
>for fear of being made to feel stupid, or rudely off-topic.
>I wish to liberate those folks.
Oh, the tyranny of self control!
>In the spirit of open-sourceness, my intention is to exercise
>my freedom to start something new which I think is better. In
>that same spirit of open-sourceness I would be very very happy
>if the current list broadened it's narrow definition of on-topicness
No. This is the qmail list, and discussion should stick to qmail. If
it strays, people shouldn't be offended by requests to take it
elsewhere.
>and excluded those who would wish to be the enforcers of topicality
>or otherwise ridicule others. They can do as they please on qmail
>crypto
Right. [EMAIL PROTECTED] is the open, anything-goes-including-
ridicule-and-self-appointed-topicality-cops list, and yours can be the
more restricted nice-only list.
-Dave
