Hi! > You may not like what I have to say, but that is no reason to ban me > from saying it. I believe in democracy and free speech, and by banning > or suspending me you are effectively banning the right to free speech.
This has nothing to do with free speech. You are welcome to exercise your rights to free speech any way you like. But you don't have the rights to be in the list if the community does not want it and if your behavior is unhelpful and un-conductive to the discussion. In that case, you'd have to exercise your rights to free speech somewhere else. I am sure the world of democracy will survive this. This, of course, is not specific to anybody personally - anybody who does not think they can abide by the rules of civilized discussion on the list could exercise their free speech rights in other venues, of which there's always an abundance. Polite, substantial, productive discussion is welcome - we do not have any barriers or prerequisites for participation. Noise is not welcome. Nobody wants to see the noise on the list, and nobody wants to see yet more noise by discussing who started it and who kicked or spat first and who broke whose sand castle. Everybody must behave, or take a time out and relax and think about more pleasant matters until they are able to be polite again. Again, not about anybody personally, applies to all. -- Stas Malyshev smalys...@gmail.com -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
