On 9/1/2010 7:33 PM, keith smith wrote:

For what it is worth I have great respect for Josef Lowder.  He has been the voice of reason in my life several times and in getting to know Josef, I know he only intends good.


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Keith Smith

--- On Tue, 8/31/10, Brian Cluff <brian@snaptek.com> wrote:

From: Brian Cluff <brian@snaptek.com>
Subject: Re: OT: Plug Digest, Vol 62, Issue 31 - the unfixable problem.
To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Date: Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 11:15 AM

This thread needs to end.  It's so far off topic that it has nothing whatsoever to do with Linux/FOSS.  It's devolved into religion and politics and can go nowhere good from here.

If you would like to continue to discuss it, please take it off the list, but I suggest you just drop it entirely though.  We have a couple of very strong opinions on the same subject and I can tell that neither side it going to win in this debate and you'll just end up hating each other, and I think that everyone can agree that we need a lot less hate in this world.

Brian Cluff
  Another discussion group to which I belong has the delightful practice of "calling pizza."  Whenever an OT: thread becomes overheated and tends toward the acrimonious any member can invoke the call. It suggests: "instead of continuing THIS debate let's all go out and have some pizza." The group then quietly drops the thread with no further discussion and gets back "on topic."

RNE