You know, I've put up with this battle too much and people trying to make a Topic-based list into a general discussion "democracy". I digress, you guys have a great one. I'm unsubscribing. Thanks, Dan Lund "There is only one good, namely knowledge, and only one evil, namely ignorance." --Socrates On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 8:42 PM, jdawg wrote: > forgive me for the top post: but I wanted to get my point across. > this is a democracy, and you can cajole all you want to, but it won't change > the fact that some people will post what they will, and others will > reply to it. > > if you don't like the occasional posting of that kind -- excercise your > right to hit > the delete key. or create a rule to delete all topics with that subject. > > it is SO DAMN EASY, but I guess it feels better to complain -- although > it takes longer! > > > > Craig White wrote: >> On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 15:17 -0700, Alan Dayley wrote: >> >>> I know several high quality people that either use Linux or want to >>> learn more about using Linux. They were on the cusp but all had a >>> similar complaint: They thought this email list had too much off topic >>> and "silly," to use one person's term, stuff in it. >>> >>> After the recent "screwed" threads, how in the world do I get them to >>> participate? >>> >>> Please, as a group, let's not do do that again. Ever. >>> >> ---- >> sounds reasonable but doesn't fly...mail lists always have their >> off-topic dalliances and learning to cope, delete, respond or whatever >> is just part and parcel of the medium. Perhaps we need another round of >> top or bottom posting, html mail suitability or just go for one of the >> tried and true pointless discussions such as vi or emacs/gnome or >> kde/which distro is best just to satisfy the notion that it isn't always >> politics. >> >> Yes, it has useless stuff...in fact, I would point out that the OP of >> the 'We are screwed' thread has a noise to signal ratio of about 90%. I >> do not ask that he or anyone be removed from the list and support his >> right to post as much as anyone's because I too can filter or just >> delete his nonsense as I see fit. >> >> While I appreciate that on its face, there seems little to be served by >> having a political discussion on list, it is encouraging to see a >> diverse point of view by the list members and while I have a tough time >> finding respect for low quality, unsubstantiated opinions typically >> expressed by Mike Havens, I do enjoy vigorous discussions for those I do >> disagree and it does help all of us recognize that there are disparate >> opinions. This is not a one-off type of commentary from Mike Havens and >> I'm quite sure that many are aware of that. >> >> My own personal disappointment stems from the apparent lack of interest >> in topics such as the H1B visas, the release of the white space >> bandwidth by the FEC and end up getting swamped by traffic about Obama >> being a Socialist which is about as stupid as political discourse can >> get these days. >> >> The easy solution is that people who sign up for mail lists learn how to >> use their delete key or better yet, the combination of 'threads' and the >> delete key can just kill an entire thread in a single click. >> >> Craig >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> > > > -- > Happy Trails! > Jerry (K7AZJ) > Hobbit Name: Pimpernel Loamsdown > Registered Linux User: 275424 > This email's random fortune: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss