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Re: debian forum



On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 09:05:22AM -0700, Raquel wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:45:20 -0500
> Dave Sherohman <esper@sherohman.org> wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 05:34:35PM -0700, Raquel wrote:
> > > I would say that if you want to do it, then you should.  And
> > > then advertise it like crazy.  There will be so many "nay
> > > sayers" here that you'll become discourage very quickly.  Some
> > > people don't like change and will fight with all their strength
> > > against something different.
> > 
> > *sigh*  Why must people who disagree with your preference
> > automatically "not like change"?
> 
> I only said that "some people" don't like change.  Why do you
> purposely lump everyone who doesn't want a forum into that category?

In the context in which you referred to "some people", it is common for
the phrase to mean "the people I was just talking about" (i.e., those
who don't like forums) as a group, rather than a subset of that group.

>  It seems you're trying to light a fire.

While I was aware that my post might have that effect, that was not
my intent.  I read your initial post as an accusation that those who
don't like forums are only/primarily against them because they "don't
like change".  As one who sees little to no value in forums over mailing
lists, I found this to be an unfair characterization and felt the need
to refute it.  My apologies for apparently misreading your intent.

-- 
The freedoms that we enjoy presently are the most important victories of the
White Hats over the past several millennia, and it is vitally important that
we don't give them up now, only because we are frightened.
  - Eolake Stobblehouse (http://stobblehouse.com/text/battle.html)



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