On 10/31/2019 09:01 AM, Carlos O'Donell wrote: > On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 7:29 AM Ruben Safir <ru...@mrbrklyn.com> wrote: >> Just because YOU say he is defending sexual abuse of minors doesn't make >> it so, no matter HOW many times you say it. That is the fact and >> hiding that fact behind charges of sexism is immoral. > > Please follow the rules of this list. Repetition should not happen. > You have made your case.
It's no repetition. Ruben is responding specifically to a statement. It's a natural reaction to the falsehood and defamation that has been repeated over and over again. Strangely, when someone indulges in a plethora of speech to do nothing more than echo a smear campaign --just in case there still remains someone on earth who didn't hear about it--[1] the self-proclaimed admins and mods magically disappear, along with their rules. This newly introduced rule, for example, magically ceased to exist as soon as the individual being discussed was named "Richard Stallman": _____________________________________________________________ Tue, 29 Oct 2019 10:31:37 +0100, Mark Wielaard wrote: And for governance discussions, they should stay on topic and be about governance. Discussions about individuals and their capabilities are off topic. _____________________________________________________________ But wait, the rule speaks of *capabilities*. That poses the doubt: Are we not allow to speak about someone's "capabilities", but are totally free to insult and denigrate a person? [1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-misc-discuss/2019-10/msg00162.html -- Dora Scilipoti GNU Education Team gnu.org/education