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Re: Pledge To Killfile a person



On Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 01:23:20AM +0100, Rich Walker wrote:
> I'm not sure the issue of the accusations is the useful issue to
> resolve. I'm not going to debate the particulars of whether or not
> accusations have been made or might or might not be valid, because I
> *really* don't think that's the question at issue, strangely.

What I'm objecting to, and fighting, is a culture which is even
willing to consider a presumption of guilt and a vigilante mob. That's
the really important thing here. If that becomes 'acceptable', Debian
is in serious trouble.

The debate about the impact and appropriateness of differing
conversational styles is not a new one, nor has anything new been
brought to it this week. It's only peripherally related, by subject
matter.

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