In other words, screw the right wing trolling, the pseud-intellectual trolling etc etc etc?
Fully agree. Shiv, Anand, if you guys have any sort of remotely useful point to make in periodically winding people up with chaddiwala and chomsky arguments please do enlighten us. Else, start making the effort to talk about some damned thing other than your favorite hobby horses, kthxbai. On Saturday 06 August 2011 10:21 AM, Biju Chacko wrote: > Y'know: > > After this latest (of a series) episode it's becoming increasingly > difficult to assume the goodwill of posters who I don't know for sure > are real people. > > As it is, the tone and level of discourse on silk has changed over the > years. A few years ago, it felt like the conversation of people who > knew and respected each other, now it often feels like the impersonal, > points scoring discussions of dozens of other mailing lists and news > groups scattered around the 'net. > > If this place is also going to become the focus of people's silly > intellectual games, I'm afraid I'm not going to work up the enthusiasm > to spend my copious free time on it. > > If we want to continue to have intelligent conversations here it may > be time for us add a other rule: "Do unto others as you would have > done to you." > > -- b >
