Actually it sounds like he never engaged Rickard on political topics, but Rick penalized him for his political views anyway, in ways he pointedly never penalized Rickard.
This discussion isn't about politics. It's about Rickard failing to be an adult. I think it was very useful knowledge to know that he behaves in that way. You buy a product and then are excluded from firmware updates unless you figure out that something is up and find your own way around his attempt to block you? Did your money stop working in his bank account? Did he return it? Here's how you know this discussion isn't about politics: I don't even technically know which ofbthese two people's politics I agree with. The adult in the conversation has appropriately not said. It's about Rickard's behavior to customers, not Rickards politics. -- bkw On Aug 27, 2017 11:48 AM, "John R. Hogerhuis" <jho...@pobox.com> wrote: It's not a gray area. No politics on this list means no politics on this list. I don't need to know what you think and you don't need to know what I think on political issues not directly related to vintage computers. It's not that hard to not get into that stuff. Even if it's related I don't like flame wars on tangential issues like intellectual property on the list. The discussions never solve anything and it just makes people angry. Sounds like the moral of the story for wifi232 is don't engage Rickard on political topics if you don't agree with him. Good to know. -- John.
