Re: Changing the List rules
"Aaron J. Seigo" <[email protected]>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 25 June 2003 03:41, Timothy R. Butler wrote: > > On Wednesday June 25, 2003 01:48, Neil Stevens wrote: > > > Timothy: Can the list rules be amended? The regular charge of > > > "racism," followed by requests to remove the target from the list > > > discussion, is becoming a too-regular trend. The list rules shouldn't > > > aid this effort by banning "racism" but allowing charges of "racism." > > Consider it done. i think this is a good move... > > Further, I would suggest that the "no personal attacks" rule extend to > > individuals not on the list, including Donald Rumsfeld and Yassir Arafat. > > I'm going to pass on that, becuase I think it would make it hard to have > a political discussion. heh.. yes... i think some on this list face one or both of the following difficulties: o they read a difference of opinion, and take it as a personal attack o they only know how to express a difference of opinion in the form of a personal attack this creates utter mayhem (and very long threads), since sometimes the person is being open and fair but is accused of a personal attack; other times the the person is making a personal attack but feels they are simply expressing a difference of opinion. i remember how my 5th grade teacher once put a small sign on my desk (where everyone could see it) that read: "Make sure brain is in gear before engaging mouth". it stayed on my desk for most of the year and made a lasting impression on me. every time i'd go to say something that year i'd see that little sign glaring back at me which would cause me to stop and think for a moment. usually i'd say what i was going to say anyways (which wasn't always best ;), but it did save me on occasion ;-) - -- Aaron J. Seigo GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 KDE: The 'K' is for 'kick ass' http://www.kde.org http://promo.kde.org/3.1/feature_guide.php -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE++i1J1rcusafx20MRAu1eAJ9b5ZeSUSTsTL5QlT8y25zikoQxtQCfTgIp GZB3t7iNunM4vznjzdie/Vs= =653a -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Kde-cafe mailing list - [email protected] http://ofb.biz/lists/listinfo.cgi/kde-cafe DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on this mailinglist are the personal opinions of the author and do not represent OfB.biz: Open for Business, KDE or the author's employer.