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Re: Language



on Sun, May 20, 2001 at 10:17:11PM +0600, V.Suresh (suresh-grl@eth.net) wrote:
> Once upon a time, Stefano Canepa <stefanocanepa@iol.it> found a keyboard. And typed:

> > what is the official language of debian-user? I thought it was english. 

> English of course, and the German &*)(&**^ thing has obviously
> frustrated you as well as many of the listers. Now it's fixed, and
> everybody is :-).  The moral is, when there is something in the line
> of spam, it's better to remain silent, and let the thing die down (it
> will, soon). Else, by commenting on it, we are just adding more to it.
> Eventually, it should die down. Look, even this mail has added to the
> traffic. Better keep shut, in such big lists. 

Slight difference of opinion.

Asking "is something wrong with the list" is marginally useful.

Trying to find out *what* is wrong with the list, and alerting the
appropriate people, can be quite helpful.

I shot for the latter.

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