Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:15:36 -0600 From: "Jerry Dunham" <jdunham@texas.net> To: Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: English only, please (was: Pooomooocyyyy ;() Message-ID: <43CCC3C8.32366.1D8376F7@jdunham.texas.net> In-Reply-To: <54db43990601170709g57b2e366u3c8d3ab6799e6c75@mail.gmail.com> References: <200601160121.k0G1LZNI005167@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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On 17 Jan 2006 at 10:09, Bob Johnson wrote: > On 1/15/06, Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> wrote: > > > Now, if someone posts a question in something besides English and then > > begins to rant and flame people for not responding, then it is not > > acceptable. But, just starting a question here in another language > > is not so onerous. > > On the contrary, I think the policy should be that if you are going to > flame someone on this list, you MUST do it in a language other than > English. That makes it easier to ignore. Perhaps it could be required that flames be in Klingon. I doubt that there are too man Klingons on the list who would be offended by having their language be the official language of flames. Besides, it seems an appropriate language for flames by its nature, and the limited number of native speakers would certainly limit the number of flame messages. Now, as for enforcement.... -- Jerry Dunham jdunham@texas.net
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