Re: [TCLUG:9583] flamewar

[Troy Johnson <john1536@tc.umn.edu>]

Chris,

I honestly think that strong convictions can make for strong opinions,
and that they may be voiced, tempered with good judgement, even in the
face of strong opposition. If we try to make this a "conflict-free" list
we may end up with a "content-free" list.

If you do see and object to an alarming lack of dimplomacy occuring in a
discussion on this list, please inject some. Or use the delete key. I am
really kind of uncomfortable with "legislated" agreement.

Troy

Chris Kesler wrote:
> 
> Yes, I suppose I shouldn't try to censor anyone.  It's really not my
> place.  But, after the Coppermine vs. Athlon e-mails earlier in the week,
> and then these, I started to feel like I was wasting my time by reading
> the list.
> 
> It's usually not so bad.  Actually, I usually learn something every day
> from reading the list.  I'd like to see that continue.  Maybe it's time to
> create an official policy.  Does anyone have any experience with doing
> something like that?
> 
> Chris
> 
> On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, John R. Sheets wrote:
> 
> > On Oct 31, 1999, Joel A Koepp <jkoepp@atlas.socsci.umn.edu> wrote:
> > > ** Chris Kesler wrote:
> > > > myself from this list.  This mailing list _is_ a very useful tool for the
> > > > interchange of information.  And I don't want to see it go the way of
> > > > USENET.  Let's keep the ratio of useful-info/flame-war-crap high.  I'm not
> > > > going to name names; you know who you are.
> >
> > Flame war?  I thought it was a rational debate about Linux
> > distributions.  A few of the comments were a little pointed, but I
> > didn't see any flames.  I don't see the harm in discussing issues other
> > than Linux administration.  Part of using Linux is knowing what works
> > and what doesn't, and why.
> >
> > > The Cu-mine/Athlon and RPM/deb stuff belongs elsewhere, IMHO.
> >
> > Huh?  So it's on-topic to discuss how to use package tools, but
> > off-topic to discuss the pros and cons of how they're implemented?
> > Are we perhaps blowing things out of proportion here?  What *is* the
> > official list policy regarding discussion topics?  What is the official
> > definition of a "flame war"?
> >
> > John
> >
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