RE: [newbie] Fwd: Oh, Please

2007-01-13 Thread Merlin Zener
-Original Message- From: Ronald J. Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [...snip snip] I didn't get it then, still don't get it now. Do you have children sir? With the greatest respect, this is not the place to continue this discussion. Not only that, but I strongly suspect

Re: [newbie] Fwd: Oh, Please

2007-01-13 Thread John Clarke
I see this thread continues to grow, perhaps it time for a reminder that a while ago an OT thread got so out of hand that someone from (then) Mandrake posted to remind us who supports these lists and why. They went on to say that any more posts on that particular thread would result in the

Re: [newbie] Fwd: Oh, Please

2007-01-13 Thread Miark
On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:46:45 +0200, Robin wrote: Looks like people of all persuasions enjoy being offended. That's not true, and I'm offended you would even suggest that! Oh, wait... *8-) Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Fwd: Oh, Please

2007-01-13 Thread CJ Kelley
- Original Message From: Merlin Zener [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@mandrivalinux.org Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 9:03:04 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Fwd: Oh, Please -Original Message- From: Ronald J. Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [...snip] I was about to make history

Re: [newbie] Fwd: Oh, Please

2007-01-12 Thread Robin Turner
On 07/12/06, Lyvim Xaphir [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From what I've seen, leftists are the most offended group of peeps on the planet. Even if you manage to isolate them, they will even find a way to offend themselves. I was about to make history by agreeing with LX, then I remembered all

Re: [newbie] Fwd: Oh, Please

2007-01-12 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Friday 12 January 2007 08:46 am, Robin Turner wrote: I was about to make history by agreeing with LX, then I remembered all those right-wing peeps who were offended by Janet Jackson's nipple a while back. Looks like people of all persuasions enjoy being offended. Sir Robin I was

Re: [newbie] Fwd: Oh, Please

2007-01-12 Thread Grumpy_Penguin
On Friday 12 January 2007 09:42, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Friday 12 January 2007 08:46 am, Robin Turner wrote: I was about to make history by agreeing with LX, then I remembered all those right-wing peeps who were offended by Janet Jackson's nipple a while back. Looks like people of all

RE: [newbie] Fwd: Oh, Please

2007-01-12 Thread Richard Knorr
I was about to make history by agreeing with LX, then I remembered all those right-wing peeps who were offended by Janet Jackson's nipple a while back. Looks like people of all persuasions enjoy being offended. Sir Robin I was offended. I was sitting in the living room with my children.

Re: [newbie] Fwd: Oh, Please

2007-01-12 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Friday 12 January 2007 12:03 pm, Merlin Zener wrote: See, this is what puzzles me about that whole affair: Your children have never seen a nipple before??? No, I don't routinely make a habit of showing my children naked adults. Are there no beaches near where you live??? Yes, women

Re: [newbie] Fwd: Oh, Please

2006-12-07 Thread Duncan Anderson
On Wednesday, 6 December 2006 20:52, Christopher Taylor wrote: Ron, I will be sorry to see you go. I am a lurker for the most part, but I originally signed up for the list because I was a newbie and needed help. Over the last year or so a lot of good people have left the list due to bad

[newbie] Fwd: Oh, Please

2006-12-06 Thread Ronald J. Hall
I was mailed, without permission offlist by this person. I felt that the answers I needed to give should be seen in the public arena. -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Oh, Please Date: Tuesday 05 December 2006 04:31 pm From: xx To: Ronald J.

Re: [newbie] Fwd: Oh, Please

2006-12-06 Thread Dan LaBine
Hey Ron, Hope you don't sign off, man. It wouldn't be the same without ya. Keep in mind that those who may be offended also have a choice as to whether or not they want to stick around. No one's putting a gun to their heads to stay on the list. If your joke had been a comment intended to

Re: [newbie] Fwd: Oh, Please

2006-12-06 Thread ET
stuart bell wrote: Ron, Don't let 'em get you down. With my sense of humour I'll probably be down the road with you soon. Stuart I want (one more time) to toss in an advert for the OT list, where everything is allowed to be discussed. the exception of discussions about who should be banned or

Re: [newbie] Fwd: Oh, Please

2006-12-06 Thread Margot
Ronald J. Hall wrote: Well, that is certainly about it for me folks. After devoutly following Mandrake from 7.0, through all the changes to Mandriva, and advocating, advocating, advocating, I've had enough of the list police and over (abundant) reactions to the least little thing on this

Re: [newbie] Fwd: Oh, Please

2006-12-06 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Wednesday 06 December 2006 various people wrote: snip Stick around Dood, if only to make sure that the 'anally retentive' don't win this one. Dan Labine -- I will be sorry to see you go. I am a lurker for the most

Re: [newbie] Fwd: Oh, Please

2006-12-06 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Wednesday 06 December 2006 05:53 pm, Margot wrote: Ron, Hi Margot - miss you on the OT list! :) The joke that you posted was offensive, and really had no place on a tech list Its a matter of degrees and opinion, but overall, I'm going to come down on your side on this one - if I had

Re: [newbie] Fwd: Oh, Please

2006-12-06 Thread Margot
Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Wednesday 06 December 2006 05:53 pm, Margot wrote: Ron, Hi Margot - miss you on the OT list! :) No need to miss me any more - I resubbed last night ;-) -- Regards Margot *-*-*-* Sent using Thunderbird on a 100% Microsoft-Free Computer Registered Linux User