Ian Clarke skrev:
> On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Zero3 <zero3 at zerosplayground.dk> wrote:
>   
>> Matthew Toseland skrev:
>>     
>>> Disruptive person or not, nextgens has contributed far more to the Freenet
>>> project than you have, and I don't want to have to take on administering emu
>>> unless he gets hit by a bus. Therefore we have to take his views into
>>> account.
>>>       
>> So we have reached the point where a person's opinion is being supported
>> mainly because not agreeing with him might cause his threats to become
>> reality? I guess I understand why you are willing to do so,  looking at
>> the size and situation of Freenet, but I'm not exactly sure I want to
>> support a project run in that way. I'm giving you the benefit of the
>> doubt though.
>>     
>
> Can we all just take a deep breath?  There is absolutely nothing wrong
> with having a discussion to determine the best approach.  Discussion,
> respectful disagreement, and debate are a feature, not a bug.
>
> We should keep the discussion to the merits of different approaches,
> and be willing to understand the other person's perspective and
> compromise if they make a valid argument.
>
> It is very counter-productive for anyone to have a "if we don't do it
> my way, I'm outta here" attitude, and I think there have been elements
> of that on both sides of this discussion.
>
> We all want the same thing at the end of it, a Freenet which meets the
> goals of the project, and is easy to install and use.
>
> Ian.
>
>   

Fair enough. I'm in for the respectful discussion part. It hasn't been 
me, after all, that has been cutting off the discussions twice now.

*gets a cold coke with ice*

- Zero3

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