enough with the what's (not) on-topic discussions already

[Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>]

To any listmasters that might be paying attention.

Perhaps it's time to establish  policy that meta-meta-discussions about 
what's on-topic and what's not, are themselves off-topic, and grounds 
for moderation?  All of the wrangling, degenerating into name calling, 
conspiracy theories, and profanity seems to be eating up far, far more 
bandwidth than any of the topics that are being discussed (it seems like 
a mention of systemd - be it a pro statement, an anti statement, a 
complaint about the TC decision, or even a legitimate bug report or 
support question, leads to dozens of "that's offtopic" and "no it's not" 
exchanges).  Lots of noise, not at all productive, maybe it's time for 
someone to put their foot down?

Respectfully,

Miles Fidelman

--
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is.   .... Yogi Berra