From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 29 23:33:13 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26AC016A41B for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:33:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emailrob@emailrob.com) Received: from green.dls.net (green.dls.net [209.242.20.84]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01DF113C4CC for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:33:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emailrob@emailrob.com) Received: from emailrob.com (216-145-235-20.rev.dls.net [216.145.235.20]) by green.dls.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCEE0412548; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:05:42 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <474F45E5.6070907@emailrob.com> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:06:13 +0000 From: spellberg_robert User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20030208 Netscape/7.02 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: fbsd_chat Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: request for -politics-chat mailing list X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:33:13 -0000 greetings, all --- this was, originally, a parenthetical aside in my other post, but, on reflection, because it is a different concept, i have placed it into its own post for the benefit of those, if any, who want to weigh in. my aside commenceth: [ before i get to my point, permit me to make a recommendation to the powers that be. i believe that more political speech is better than less. clearly, some people on -chat enjoy discussing such topics. just as clearly, others don't want to get involved. i recommend the creation of a new list, "-politics-chat", or some_such similar moniker, for such people. those who want, subscribe; those who don't, don't. those who can handle it, stay; those who can't, leave. i call this "live and let live". i, for one, am not looking for a flame_fest. i seek a reasoned, at times spirited, debate with people more likely than the general population to be book_readers [ so few, these days ]. ] thank you for your consideration. rob