On Wed, 2011-09-28 at 04:31 -0700, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 11:36:18PM -0700, Jason Barnett wrote: > > I am constantly on the edge of unsubscribing to > > this mailing list, despite all the GOOD information that is on it. I have > > found that the only way to deal with it is to have an autodelete filter for > > any post that contains his name. > > For anyone keeping count, I'm did and do the same.
Even though my blacklist is now working w/r/t the individual in question, I still find this thread -- astonishing. He also asks a --lot-- of questions of this board. I don't think he's ever offered technical help to anyone on this board. He takes, and does not give back. I suggest that anyone who answers his technical questions is inadvertently encouraging people who just take from a community, along with his general nasty demeanor. In my years here, I remember him saying "thank you" just once. This thread, and his responses, is an overreaction about one person who honored his wife in a very American way. Keith's reference to his wife as a "God" who must be obeyed is a common American male view of marriage. If you've ever seen her picture on Keith's laptop, it's clear that he idolizes her. Keith has nothing to apologize for, and can be proud of the way he honors his marriage, and his work to make his wife's home office more efficient with Asterisk. The reacting individual in question has apparently been haunting this list with his point of view since at least 2004, ref http://lists.pdxlinux.org/pipermail/plug/2004-April/031297.html . So he's apparently not going to stop soon. I understand people who have blacklisted him into their spam filters. I have now done so reluctantly. It is in essence "changing the channel" when he speaks. I am reluctant to do so -- as it risks ceding the tone of this list to people like him. Given his point of view, it's astonishing that he would use an operating system created by an atheist. When Keith suggested that we nominate Linus for the Nobel Peace Prize, this was his reaction: http://lists.pdxlinux.org/pipermail/plug/2009-November/066037.html "The nobel peace prize should not go to an atheist period." He then compared Linus Torvalds to Mao Tse-Tung and Saddam Hussein. Thanks, Mike _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
