Paul,<br><br> Failure to protect discussion on this list is in no way a solution to the problem at hand. You are in effect choosing to forsake discussion on the discussion list entirely in favor of something else ( Re Ad hominem attacks, Fallacy, and other "Childish Bullshit"). I would like you to take your other thing elsewhere and free up the discussion list for actual discussion. Calling this list "Discussion" in light of a complete break from the commonly held definitions of discussion is deceptive. And inviting people to hold discussions anywhere but the discussion list is absurd. <br>
<br>Warmest regards,<br><br> Matt Joyce<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Paul Böhm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paul@boehm.org">paul@boehm.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
hello from your friendly list creator,<br>
<br>
at the moment the meta-discussion mails about moderation/killing the<br>
thread/etc. have exceeded the mails about the actual subject roughly<br>
by a factor of two.<br>
<br>
killing off discussions you don't like solves the problem for you, but<br>
does not help others who feel the need to discuss certain subjects.<br>
there's a backlash because of that.<br>
hopefully the discussion will wind down after a bit, but we still<br>
won't all agree at that point.<br>
<br>
however, seeing that we're different from each other is valuable all by itself.<br>
<br>
in any case, this list won't become moderated since we won't be able<br>
to find an impartial moderator.<br>
if you want your own list on <a href="http://hackerspaces.org" target="_blank">hackerspaces.org</a>, we'd be very happy to<br>
create one for you.<br>
<br>
paul<br>
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