2009/3/17 Dinesh Shah (દિનેશ શાહ/दिनेश शाह) <[email protected]>: > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Gabin Kattukaran <[email protected]> wrote: >> Forgive the top post. I'm working off a mobile device that doesn't allow it >> any other way. > > Sigh.... How many and how long we will have to make exceptions?
Until you run a poll and figure out how many exceptions are allowed, I suppose. > I bag your pardon for "misunderstanding" Sachin's mail. Indeed, I am a > bit weak in use of English language. :-( Congratulations! on bagging my pardon (I didn't know it was up for grabs ;) Though you still don't seem to get it. > Considering that you think this "exercise" a juvenile, can I "assume" > that you have not voted in the poll? No. I haven't. I'm not part of that very exclusive club of 25 (yes, I checked) that did. If you were to publish the results of a poll honestly, you would have mentioned that fact in the original post about the results. > If you didn't, you have lost your right to pass any judgment on the > "exercise". If you think there were not enough options, you never > asked. My choosing not to vote was my way (and that of the vast majority by the numbers) of subtly hinting to you that the poll is a juvenile exercise. Since you didn't take that hint, it has now been made more explicit. > How do you know other list members' opinion? Have you asked each > member individually? Did you conduct an opinion poll? Did you do a > survey of all/most members of the list? Refer to the above statement. > Let me repeat myself, we can only go by the opinion of the people who > BOTHERED TO VOTE. This is HOW democracy works. Choosing not to participate in a given poll is an expression of opinion (another hint.) -gabin ps: please pay close attention to the auto-generated random signature below. -- E. B. White - "Be obscure clearly." -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
