In a message dated 7/16/04 12:02:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I asked some simple questions and have now > gotten it embroiled in a big political uproar. Do I have to stop writing to > the > ODG? Can't questions be answered without this hateful, political rhetoric? > It is not your doing, Carson. Ask away by all means. Some people will insist on answering in their own "special" way, almost no matter what the question is, if they're in the mood. There's not much that can be done about it. (I don't think banning people is the answer, even the ones who never seem to otherwise make substantive contributions to the list.) Just delete the flames, like I think most of us do. If you set your email options to receive individual posts, it's even easier to avoid the worst of the flames. Sometimes people are even polite enough to make them clear from the subject lines.<g> It's not as if this IS politics, so ignoring the rhetoric is a perfectly "safe" and viable option. Silence can be dangerous, but it's not likely to cause any trouble here on OGD.<s> If some people want to think silence is consent to their inflammatory postings of opinion and it makes them feel better to do so, bully for them! it has no affect on anyone else. Michael Gerzog
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