Re: Q: Marc Brockschmidt: "tight-knitted groups of friends"

2008-03-14 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi Marc, On 14/03/08 at 12:40 +0100, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: > Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: > >> OTOH, experience shows that enforced addition of new members doesn't > >> work as one would expect. > > What case are you re

Re: Q: Marc Brockschmidt: "tight-knitted groups of friends"

2008-03-14 Thread Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt
Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: >> OTOH, experience shows that enforced addition of new members doesn't >> work as one would expect. > What case are you referring to? > > I don't think it ever happened up to now. Constant pressure f

Re: Q: Marc Brockschmidt: "tight-knitted groups of friends"

2008-03-14 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: > OTOH, experience shows that enforced addition of new members doesn't > work as one would expect. What case are you referring to? I don't think it ever happened up to now. In most cases, the additional members have been approved but only by a f

Re: Q: Marc Brockschmidt: "tight-knitted groups of friends"

2008-03-13 Thread Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt
Clint Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Your platform contains the following claim: >> This can hardly be solved from the outside - but a start would be to >> not defame these groups as "evil cabals" hindering the rest of the >> project out of spite. > Why can "this" not be solved from the outs

Re: Q: Marc Brockschmidt: "tight-knitted groups of friends"

2008-03-13 Thread cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis)
On Thursday 13 March 2008, Clint Adams wrote: > How will not defaming contribute to a solution? I thought that one obvious: defaming makes people feel attacked, and thus encourages flaming and reacting on an emotional basis instead (or in addition to) a rational one. -> it's not so much that '

Q: Marc Brockschmidt: "tight-knitted groups of friends"

2008-03-12 Thread Clint Adams
Marc, Your platform contains the following claim: > This can hardly be solved from the outside - but a start would be to > not defame these groups as "evil cabals" hindering the rest of the > project out of spite. Why can "this" not be solved from the outside? How can it be solved? How will no