Offensive emails, was: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-03-11 04:58:02 + Anthony Towns [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Personally, I find swearing much less offensive than making things so personal that you title threads with things like Serious problems with Mr Troup or Why Anthony Towns is wrong. [...] Acutally, it seems common that debian

Re: Offensive emails, was: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:50:14AM +, MJ Ray wrote: On 2004-03-11 10:48:54 + Anthony Towns [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Trying to talk to people without referring to people directly makes things unnecessarily difficult. Avoiding making individuals the focus of a thread is both more

Re: Offensive emails, was: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-03-11 15:33:10 + Anthony Towns [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:50:14AM +, MJ Ray wrote: On 2004-03-11 10:48:54 + Anthony Towns [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Avoiding making individuals the focus of a thread is both more obnoxious, and easier to avoid

Re: Offensive emails, was: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 12:01:32AM +, MJ Ray wrote: On 2004-03-11 15:33:10 + Anthony Towns [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:50:14AM +, MJ Ray wrote: On 2004-03-11 10:48:54 + Anthony Towns [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Avoiding making individuals the

Re: Offensive emails, was: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 09:18:52AM +, MJ Ray wrote: On 2004-03-11 04:58:02 + Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au wrote: Personally, I find swearing much less offensive than making things so personal that you title threads with things like Serious problems with Mr Troup or Why

Re: Offensive emails, was: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:50:14AM +, MJ Ray wrote: On 2004-03-11 10:48:54 + Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au wrote: Trying to talk to people without referring to people directly makes things unnecessarily difficult. Avoiding making individuals the focus of a thread is both

Re: Offensive emails, was: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-03-11 15:33:10 + Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au wrote: On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:50:14AM +, MJ Ray wrote: On 2004-03-11 10:48:54 + Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au wrote: [...] Avoiding making individuals the focus of a thread is both more obnoxious, and easier

Re: Offensive emails, was: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 12:01:32AM +, MJ Ray wrote: On 2004-03-11 15:33:10 + Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au wrote: On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:50:14AM +, MJ Ray wrote: On 2004-03-11 10:48:54 + Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au wrote: [...] Avoiding making