[plug] Tony Clark's posting - was Re: [plug] RH7.x

[Jason Belcher]

I agree. So take your complaining off-list.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bret Busby [mailto:bret at busby.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, 27 August 2002 10:18 AM
> To: PLUG
> Subject: [plug] Tony Clark's posting - was Re: [plug] RH7.x

> > perhaps it is time that standards be imposed on messages 
> posted to the 
> > list, to take Linux in Perth, out of the gutter and into the public 
> > domain, with standards of behaviour that are generally 
> acceptable to 
> > the public.
> > 
> > It is an easy enough thing, for subscribers to the list, to 
> limit what
> > they say, to making queries about Linux, or, offering 
> advice in response 
> > to those queries, or offering other helpful advice about 
> Linux and its 
> > applications (as Jacqueline does about Open Office, etc), or 
> > discussing PLUG, or, as in the recent discussion and poll about 
> > attachments and viruses, about the list operation, without imposing 
> > arrogance and belligerence (although the arrogance and 
> belligerence of 
> > some, surfaced in that discussion).
> > 
> > If subscribers are unable to keep the arrogance and belligerence off
> > the list, then I suggest that it is time for standards to 
> be imposed on 
> > postings to the list, and, for modification to occur, to 
> ensure that 
> > those standards are met.