On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 13:23:48 +0800 csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 19:54:17 -0800, > Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > > on Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 09:19:48AM +0800, csj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 08:48:14 -0800, > > > Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > As several (in or out of the) closet anarchists have replied > > > > that self-control is apparently beyond their mein, I'll remind > > > > them that consequences for actions are also their > > > > responsibility. Including finding themselves ignored by those > > > > who value s over n. > > > while some of us may have got carried away on the exuberance of our collective velocity, where colin requested that the thread be closed, i think that there were only one or two respondents who failed to respect that request. karsten's manner, on the other hand, comes across as an order, and, as such, is damn near guaranteed to raise the ire of anyone with a brain. particularly, comments such as the anarchist reference above are totally unwarranted and indeed no less of an indulgence than participation in the thread itself. furthermore, the threat of "consequences" strikes me as a tad too authoritarian for this particular list. on the other hand, thanks to colin for pointing out that debian-curiosa exists. perhaps we can arrive at a rule whereby the third, fourth, or fifth response to an off-topic thread would be directed--on the list--to make use of debian-curiosa as a more appropriate venue.
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