If I didn't know any better, I'd think that you were a paid saboteur for the proprietary software industry.
Shape up or take your bullshit off this list. On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 01:47:29PM -1000, LinuxDan wrote: > I love this list. I have gained so much support for my non-profit group so > keep up the good work :o> > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Donahoe > Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 1:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [luau] Moderation--of all kinds > > On 2/22/03 10:36 AM, "Kevin Goad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How about a little diplomacy? This list should have a mediator. > > > > > Hi All-- > > Kevin, I agree a little more diplomacy is in order. It is disappointing > that there has been so much pettiness on this list of late. I thought we > were here to learn about and support the Open Source movement. And while I > understand that a cornerstone of the whole movement is a free exchange of > ideas, when things become little more than personal invective and > self-aggrandizement, I wonder how successful this movement will become. > This type of behavior does not allow us as a community to progress. The > battles we fight against proprietary software manufacturers and the attitude > among users of that software are hard enough without senseless infighting. > Disagreements and differences of opinion are fine and healthy, but when it > is nothing more than childish, personal attacks, our attempts to bring about > change are weakened. These dilute the efforts of the many who are trying to > do go good by making us all look bad. Clearly some moderation--by which I > mean less extreme behavior--is called for > Kevin asks for moderation of another kind--someone willing to edit the > contributions to the list by keeping out such emails. I have some problems > with that, and I think others on this list might. (After all, what would > keep a moderator from acting in the same childish way, letting in only those > emails he/she agrees with?) On the other hand, I am seriously toying with > leaving the list, just because a small number of people seem incapable of > acting civilized. > All communities have rules governing behavior. Freedom of speech is a > right we enjoy in the US; however, it is not absolute. As a society we have > put a variety of restrictions on free speech. We have coupled these > restrictions with penalties for those who transgress the limits. We could do > the same in this community if we decided that was a way to stop this kind of > pettiness. Rights demand responsibility. If everyone acted that way, things > would be great, and I wouldn't be writing this. We could make a community > decision about how we react when trivial exchanges of this type occur. > Or not. In the end, we are all here by the grace of owner(s) of the > list. Whomever this is could decide unilaterally, and we'd have to abide by > the decision, or go somewhere else and start another list. I prefer the > community approach myself, but accept the reality of the second. Perhaps it > wouldn't hurt if we started acting as if we were guests in another person's > house. > I have mixed feelings about writing this email. On the one hand, I feel > it is necessary to say something. On the other, I have a sense that it will > only encourage more of the same impropriety we have seen recently. I hope > that is not true, and I hope we can strive for greater civility in our all > exchanges. > > Aloha > Tom Donahoe > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau
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