From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Sep 1 18:19:14 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from dt010nb9.san.rr.com (dt010nb9.san.rr.com [204.210.12.185]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1B0D15A6A for ; Wed, 1 Sep 1999 18:19:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Doug@gorean.org) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by dt010nb9.san.rr.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA35929; Wed, 1 Sep 1999 18:18:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Doug@gorean.org) Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 18:18:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug X-Sender: doug@dt010nb9.san.rr.com To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The chat charter. In-Reply-To: <12893.936232731@localhost> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > Some people have tried to get this redirected to the -advocacy group. > Don't do that. This is not really about advocacy, this is about a > strong conflict of views and, as such, belongs nowhere BUT -chat. Actually calling the topic "strong conflict of views" is even more charitable than I was. > Chat is for everything and anything, Ok, so I'll use my share of "everything and anything" to keep asking people not to rehash the same stupid "not getting us anywhere" arguments in -chat. :) But seriously folks, I wasn't really responding to Brett since I know that won't do anyone any good. My comments were directed specifically at those whose posts started with words to the effect of, "I'd like to diverge from this topic and talk about the advocacy issues related to...." The polite responses I've received in private e-mail indicate to me that there may yet be hope. Doug -- "My mama told me, my mama said, 'don't cry.' She said, 'you're too young a man to have as many women you got.' I looked at my mother dear and didn't even crack a smile. I said, 'If women kill me, I don't mind dyin!'" - John Belushi as "Joliet" Jake Blues, "I Don't Know" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message