Tina: Most email clients have a way to establish rules for moving incoming mail to the appropriate predefined or user-defined folders. You could establish a rule that every email from ProFox that starts with "[OT]" goes to the "Deleted Items" folder, and for the most part all the political chatter will go silent for you. This is covered in the FAQs and Ed is open about not restricting discussions.
Ed by conscious and deliberate choice puts no restrictions on [OT] discussions, and these are largely personality driven and usually about politics, but not always. He has a tech-only list that filters most of it out for you I believe. My participation in ProFox is almost 100% OT, because I don't do much FoxPro (unfortunately), but I like jousting with folks around the world in what is mostly tit-for-tat banter about world events, even though outside of the context of the many-year OT relationships that draw me back, the discussions may seem quite unfriendly, even pointless. We all have our moments. You kinda have to know (and on some level care about) the folks involved. Contrary to popular misconception, I like or at least am entertained by just about everybody with whom I get in beam-em-up discussions, but I don't feel obligated to sugar coat what I say or how I say it--nor do I expect kid gloves in return. Truth be told, I often bristle at what I myself occasionally say. :) If that kind of free-for-all, say-or-read-things-you-might-regret debate doesn't interest you on any level, you better have a good filter! OT on ProFox is not for the faint of heart. There is no other forum quite like it, and I think that's a good thing or I wouldn't, uh, waste as much time as I do composing (what I think are) clever retorts or posting items I know will start a good mental food fight. :-) (Incidentally I disagree that this is technically "trolling" because I don't do it anonymously, the forum has a LOOOONNNNGGGGG history, and my purpose is not merely to cause controversy. That's just a necessary byproduct of what I do it for, which is to throw out ideas or turns-of-phrase among friends (or at least acquaintances) and see which ones make it through the gauntlet of brutal criticism. Not everybody's into that.) All that said, If Ed were ever to split the forums up and have one just for debating, I'd gladly take my opinions there, mostly because I enjoy specifically this activity with specifically this ribald band of OT hooligans. It's kind of like a water cooler where you don't have to introduce yourself all the time, "everybody knows your name" (for good or ill) like a cyber version of the sit com Cheers... :) Ironically, if I really were into proselytizing my views, it's probably the last place I'd go. The people who disagree with me on ProFox OT are pretty dense. ;-) </pot-speaking-of-kettles> - Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Tina Currie > Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 1:38 AM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: Re: [OT] What Obama Found in his Cracker Jack Box Today > > > People please...! > > As an active developer in Fox, I love that I have access to a WORLDWIDE > network of like-minded developers that I can call on for assistance if > need > be, or just follow along with other's requests for assistance and now > and > then find a nugget of knowledge that I didn't realise I needed. Gold! > > I think the key word here is "worldwide". This is a worldwide forum. > But > lately I find it's the "State your view on US Politics" forum. > > As the wife of an Australian Soldier who has returned from Iraq, and > constantly lives with the likelihood of being called up to serve in > Afghanistan, I have some pretty strong opinions about all the politics > involved in not only the "War on Terror" but the country that declared > said > war. > > I do not however see this forum as a place to launch my personal > political > views (damn I wish I could underline the word "personal" there) on the > world. So you feel how you feel. So you love Obama. So you don't > love > Obama. So you liked Howard better than Rudd, Rudd better than Howard. > So > you wear yellow underpants on Thursdays. I personally don't give a > sh*t. > > Can we save it for some other forum designed for that stuff? My Inbox > would > appreciate it immensely. > > P.S. If there is some way to not receive all the posts that are [OT] > or > [NF], someone let me in on the secret please? > > P.P.S And now that I've gone and declared how I feel... will you still > help > me with FoxPro when I need it? :-) > > - Tina > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Calco" <[email protected]> > To: "'ProFox Email List'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 3:04 PM > Subject: RE: [OT] What Obama Found in his Cracker Jack Box Today > > > >> I was salivating to see what Big Bob would say to Obamas Nobel > prize! > > > > Salivating? "Big Bob"? > > > > You need help. > > > >> it > >> was a bit if a disappointment. I expected 2000 words or vitriol. > maybe > >> even > >> Bob is getting the idea that Obama is a breath of fresh air in a > stale > >> nation. > > > > When the drugs wear off, you may want to read what I wrote. I've > trimmed > > down on the word count, but any impression that I was on any level > > inspired > > by the Nobel going to Obama illustrates that you tend to see things > > precisely as they are not. I'm actually impressed---I've not met > anyone > > with > > such an instinct for un-reality. > > > > - Bob > > > > > > > > > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
