Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide
On Wed 27 Aug 2014 at 08:41:59 +0900, Joel Rees wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Tue 26 Aug 2014 at 14:36:20 -0700, David Guntner wrote:
> >
> >> Yea, yea, yea, killfiles. We shouldn't *have* to use them to manage
> >> the content on a list that's supposed to be about a particular
> >> topic. The noise-to-signal ratio shouldn't be so high that
> >> killfiling is necessary. If we have to, all it is is a statement
> >> that there are too many inconsiderate people on the list who don't
> >> care that they're offtopic.
> >
> > Agreed. The health of this list isn't maintained by sticking fingers
> > in ears. Why should we allow its usefulness to deteriorate?
>
> Sorry, your logic seems a little opaque to me.
>
> Are you trying to say that we shouldn't have to put our fingers in our
> ears by using killfiles?
>
> Are you saying we shouldn't have to ignore things we don't like to hear?
A very famous person once said
OT posts prosper because good people do nothing.
David Guntner did something.
> >> I've said my peace on the subject for now, and I'm not going to
> >> debate points with you on the subject. Hopefully, there will at
> >> least be a few people who get the point.
> >
> > The first mail in this thread has a link; basically that is all it
> > contains. It is the staple signature of the "I have nothing to say but
> > hope it generates a large response so I can look important" poster. It's
> > often matched in its thoughtlessness by the "+1" response.
> >
> > The justification for the post is that "...how your Linux operating
> > system is started......is 100% Linux."
> >
> > This proposition works just as well for putting the same post on the
> > Arch Linux, Ubuntu and Gentoo lists, which would make it OT on all
> > these three lists plus debian-user.
> >
> > (The last paragraph contains a subtle argument, I know; but sometimes
> > you have to try).
>
> Uhmm, you mean like, Chevrolets are Fords because all Fords are cars?
I'm uncomfortable with car analogies. Please reframe the question in
terms of mailing lists and their purpose.
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