I'd point out that no one has brought up any sort of quantitative analysis of say... percentage of mailing list discussion devoted to "politics" versus "other" overall throughput or even a citation of a purpose / mission statement for the list.<br>
<br>So this entire thread is effectively a flame war instigated by rudimentary trolling.<br><br>And I am really bringing all of this up because it was rudimentary. Throw in some pie graphs next time. Christ. I want to see some effort people my cell phone demands better.<br>
<br>-Matt<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Ron Bean <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:makerspace@rbean.users.panix.com">makerspace@rbean.users.panix.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">Will Bradley <<a href="mailto:bradley.will@gmail.com">bradley.will@gmail.com</a>> writes:<br>
<br>
>Thread<br>
>participants should also self-moderate to avoid rehashing the same points<br>
>ad nauseum.<br>
<br>
</div>The voice of experience says "don't count on it".<br>
<div class="im"><br>
>I don't see this "politics/ethics" thread going on for months, at some<br>
>point you just agree to disagree.<br>
<br>
</div>Maybe you do, but not everyone does. I've seen this kind of thing go on<br>
for years, because certain people just can't let it go.<br>
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