From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Dec 4 12:40:23 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lists.blarg.net (lists.blarg.net [206.124.128.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1EF537B419 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 12:40:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from thig.blarg.net (thig.blarg.net [206.124.128.18]) by lists.blarg.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 704D7BCFE for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 12:40:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([206.124.139.115]) by thig.blarg.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA14375 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 12:40:18 -0800 Received: (from jojo@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.3) id fB4KeHX16431; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 12:40:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from swear@blarg.net) To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: STOP Freeding the Troll! References: <000401c17c1e$13ad1d60$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <001301c17c6b$4a375650$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <3C0C3693.E0FC730D@outpost.co.nz> <002a01c17c6f$b75d6590$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011204135613.GA68120@hades.hell.gr> From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) Date: 04 Dec 2001 12:40:17 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20011204135613.GA68120@hades.hell.gr> Message-ID: Lines: 29 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Giorgos Keramidas writes: > On 2001-12-04 03:59:39, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > > Don't I have a right to reply to messages addressed to me, or > Can't that be done in private? Do we all, subscribers of the FreeBSD > lists, have to be involved in something like that? Yes, we do have to be involved in something like that unless we want to withhold or discourage the exercise of the rights/privileges of a person to respond to messages, especially ones addressed directly to the person, especially ones which cuss out or otherwise offend or insult the honor of the person. I'd hate to be involved in something like THAT. If we want certain threads to go away, we should send ALL of the people involved in the thread (and them only) pivate mail asking them to stop; maybe even explaining way. Adding to the thread is unlikely to stop it. The people responding to Anthony are more responsible for the length of this thread than he his, since he doesn't respond to every message. Send THEM a nastygram before (or at least after) trying to stiffle the person who's views are being attacked. It's only fair. Anthony has been quite civil and should be treated civily, even if you ask him to please stop. Don't make public statements and then upset if he responds publicly (unless it's not responsive or otherwise uncivil). Personally, I haven't minded this thread, though I ignore most of it. And I hope we allow Anthony to get his last word; he seems to need it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message