I don't believe that the Hebrew language is connected to being a newbie or not. I do believe however that it is connected to the size of some individuals ego. I believe nadav mentioned that until recently the technion made them use Hebrew in their thesis. Do you actually clame that these people until recently were all newbies? I think that stating that the use of Hebrew in this mailing list will make you a newbie, is just the stereotypes people have long used to constrain other people to their habits and their reluctance to accept progress. Whether Hebrew is appropriate from a practical sense like non-Hebrew speaking members, or people not being able to view Hebrew messages (I don't believe writing Hebrew should be mandatory since many words cannot be translated to English), that's for the list community to decide.
My standpoint, is that people should be allowed to write both English and Hebrew on the list. But only if all the members will agree to that. It is a Jewish tradition to accept the minority view on these matters, so if there are Iranian or other foreign individuals that would object, I believe we should respect their view in spite of my or the majority sentiment. * - * - * Tzahi Fadida [EMAIL PROTECTED] Technion Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax (+1 Outside the US) 240-597-3213 My Cool Site: HTTP://WWW.My2Nis.Com * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * WARNING TO SPAMMERS: see at http://members.lycos.co.uk/my2nis/spamwarning.html > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Eliran > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 5:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: official hebrew in Linux-IL mailing lists? > > > I think the hebrew subject is more gnubies-il specific. > Why won't we offer it to them ? > > Just an idea, > Eliran. > > On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 05:43:43PM +0300, Amir Sela wrote: > > > Anyway, to make myself clear: I'll vote for an additional Hebrew > > > list, but for keeping also the existing English list. > > > > This seems like the simplest solution. Most of us are subscribed to > > more than one mailing list. Those who insist on using Hebrew, can > > simply join the linux-il-heb list. I personally will join it. > > One point should be taken to mind though : It's my > experience, and I'm > > sure a lot of you will agree, that people that prefer posting in > > hebrew are usually newbies. And as such, they don't belong in this > > list simply because of the nature of the question, not > because of the > > language. > > I'm betting that 90% of the list's subscribers type faster, > and more > > comfortably, in English :) > > > > Amir. > > > > > > > ============================================================== > ==To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > <a href="http://eg-site.tripod.com";>Eliran</a> > > Every Communist must grasp the truth, 'Political power grows out of > the barrel of a gun.' > -- Mao Tse-tung, 1938, inadvertently endorsing the > Second Amendment. > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
