Sam Ruby On 09-06-03 01.39:
Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
Hi Leif,
Your response takes the tone of a conspiracy theory. Things like your
use of the word "hegemony" and your apparent belief that the Design
Principles are an elaborate plot against the profile="" attribute make
it hard to evaluate or respond to your feedback.
In the past you've lumped Rob Sayre in the same "hegemony" as Ian, yet
Rob has stated his strong opposition to many of Ian's actions as
editor, and even wrote an alternate HTML5 draft that makes different
decisions on what features are in or out.
I can assure you that the Design Principles were not written with
profile="" in mind. As one of the editors, I personally do not care
either way about profile="", and I've certainly not made it my mission
in life to stamp it out. In fact, if it were up to me, I would make
use of profile="" conforming, if only to remove the need to argue
about it further.
I suggest you resubmit your feedback without the conspiratorial tone.
I also take exception to the use of terms like "hegemony" (hey: am I in
on it too?), but would also like to add that public-html is intended for
technical discussion. People have a hard enough time keeping up with
the bandwidth as is, meta-discussion such as this one should be taken
off list, possibly copying www-archive in order to allow others to see
and/or refer to it.
I'm sorry that I did not notice this reply before it was repeated
in the public html list. I did not speak about 'hegemons' but
about 'hegemony'. I'm sorry if this term is less clear in the
Anglophone world than I thought. Usually, though, I think one uses
more neutral words about formal leadership.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegemony
--
leif halvard silli
