On Sat, 2004-12-11 at 22:30 +1300, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 20:25, Derek Smithies wrote: > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Hi, > > I saw a comment on this list recently which said, > > (quoting from memory) "polite replies only please" > > > > After some time to reflect on this, and some time to discuss with > > colleagues, I wonder if someone on the list could explain why > > some feel it is ok to flame someone. > > All right, we have had three ruckus moments on the list recently, but by the > list behaviour here is pretty good when compared with lists hosted elsewhere > in the world. > > The reason people feel they can flout the normal standards of civility, when > on the net is simply that they often protected by anonymity and that actually > coming face to face with their correspondents is extremely unlikely. This > seems to affect people in that they forget the normal social inhibitions. > > One of the nice things about CLUG is that we do meet from time to time in the > real life situation, and that means that we tend to be a collection of > friends with a common interest. > > Sorry to miss you at Lunch today. It was great! > Only two members could not bear to be separated from their miniature Linux > 'puters.
no, one of them ran palmos, but not on top of a linux kernel. > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
