Hear, hear! I've been consistently impressed at how pleasant this group is even in potentially list-lethal discussions like aspects of politics. Seeing sooo many other groups & lists degenerate into pathetic sniping & bickering and yet how reasoned arguments are presented here, often humourously, is really refreshing and I for one would be disappointed to see it go. David & Chris's post on counterpane was a heads-up for me & without that discussion to precede it we probably wouldn't've got those links, and be the worse (IMO) for it.
If anything, I would like to see a reduction in inane one/two-line blathering but then my definition of that is as personal as someone else's dislike of politics discussions so the easiest thing is, at its current relatively modest traffic usage, just to let it ride :-) $Paul->2c; On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 05:28:09PM +0100, robin szemeti wrote: > well ... I'd rather talk about things that matter than things that don't .. > there's precious little Perl on here. We had a moratorium on the events in > the USA. Fair enough. This is events in the UK that will directly affect you, > me and future generations. I don't see it as 'politics' so much as 'important > events that will effect our lives and those of our children' .. if theres > going to be a 'trivia only' clause then thats a sad state of affairs. > Politics *should* be about thngs that matter to you. Party politics is, > however, a completely different thing. > > would you *really* want a list where it was considered OK to discuss your > mates hangover or other such trivia, but not ok to mention something that > made you so mad you wanted to jump up and down on your radio? I think asking > people not to mention events that will a have a major impact on your lives in > what is possibly a time of the greatest social and political turmoil for the > last 20 years is *so* not going to happen :) > > actually .. for the last month london.pm has been remarkably non-political as > far as I could tell. > > > I just hate coming on and getting into arguments with people > > I like, I have enough arguments in my life with arguing with > > my frineds over the nasty medium of email. > > I dint see it as a argument ... I thought it was a exchange of views about > something that matters between sensible adults... you don't have to reply to > any of my ramblings you know .. > > worever, > > -- > Robin Szemeti >
