[oclug] Re: Feedback wanted

[Greg]

Doesn't bode well for the future of Linux, does it?

Twenty anonymous freedom-lovers are so afraid of the unauthorized ideas
of one obvious nutter that, instead of adding a simple entry to their
mail-filters and banishing me from their lives (mostly) forever, they
leave.  What are they going to do when Bill, the other Bill, leans on them?

You sure they weren't repelled by the knee-jerk intolerance and hominem
attacks, or the endless squabbles about what is or not "off topic"?

Is this some more carefully crafted sarcasm?

Greg


In the United States, citizens are guaranteed "Freedom of Speech".

Anyone who wishes to demonstrate their opposition to, say, the
occupation of Iraq need only show up ahead of time and enter the Free
Speech Cages, thoughtfully provided by the Presidents entourage, out of
sight of the President, his worshippers, and tv cameras.



Bill Strosberg wrote:
> Greg wrote:
> 
>>Instead of asking my opinion,
>>which you claim to value so little,
>>you should have a long discussion with yourself,
>>about why you fear my opinions so much,
>>about why, if so few read my posts,
>> you are so desperate to banish me.
>>  
> 
> Ah but Greg, I do value your thoughts and opinions - just not on the
> OCLUG list if they are not directly related to Linux.  My objections are
> generally due to the damage to the OCLUG forum, not that you have
> positions and the ability to argue them.
> 
> I don't fear your opinions in the slightest, and I have no interest in
> banning any Linux-related topics you care to discuss on OCLUG.  I do
> however want to minimize the anarchist rhetoric and off-topic stuff
> which has made so many people I value leave the group.  There are at
> least twenty people I respect and have learned a lot from that no longer
> participate due to the kind of content I willingly _want_ to have on an
> appropriate site.  Think about it. 
> 
> My issues are not what you have to say, it is where you say it.  I'm
> more than interested in testing my perspective and debating issues with
> you ... but in the right place.
> 
> I'm a big boy Greg and I'm also mature enough to admit that your
> perspective is just as valid as mine  - we probably cancel each other
> out politically, so we might as well at least try to appreciate each other.
> 
> What are your thoughts?
> 
> --
> Bill
> 

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