On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 10:24:40AM -0500, Celejar wrote: > On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:36:59 -0500 > John - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On (24 and 25/02/07) mainly the same four or five folks wrote: > > > > > Quite a lot of off-topic opinionated political nonsense. > > > > Look, guys -- you know who you are -- I (and others, most likely) > > don't mind OT topics from time to time, and I/we can pretty easily > > delete without reading, should I/we wish to do so. A certain amount is > > tolerable, and I/we grant some slack because self-expression can be a > > learning experience.
John, I certainly sympathise as it does occaisionally erupt, but I'll repeat what I said in the midst of one of those threads -- its like a water-cooler break. everyone blows off a little steam and then gets back to work. These OT threads always end up pretty childish, but they also blow out in just a couple days. > > Without taking sides on the issue of whether OT has gone too far or > whether we should just expect people to use filters and 'ignore > thread', I just want to point out that some of the OT'ers are among the > most knowledgable and prolifically helpful of the posters on this list > (I obviously have no basis for judgement about lurkers), e.g Roberto > (my bias: he's apparently religious and anti-abortion, so I have a > natural sympathy with him :)), and we should take that into account > when criticizing them. I don't think it is prudent to excuse people from anti-social behaviour just because they are smarter/more-knowledgeable/otherwise-better than the average bear. That said, of course, these kinds of flame-wars are exactly the opposite of anti-social behavior. > > > > So give us a break, and instead of political drivel, get back to your > > usual smart and insightful comments about Debian? Please? don't they/we always? A
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