Well said Sheriff Eddie!

I hereby promise [hand placed upon a stack of printed Struts articles] to be a good 
Struts mailing list user and to use my power for good and not evil. So help me Craig! 
:-)

Simon

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Eddie Bush [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 10:36 AM
>To: Struts Users List
>Subject: [FRIDAY] Out of control ... again
>
>
>Guys,
>
>I enjoy (part of) your postings just as much as you intended 
>them to be 
>enjoyed.  However, it seems we're headed down that dark, lonely 
>alley-way again.  Ok, ok ... I chipped in on the crap myself, 
>so I guess 
>I don't have full right to say anything.  However, if you 
>value the list 
>and wish to see us being able to continue with our "relaxed friday" 
>attitude, I strongly urge you to cut out the entirely 
>inappropriate crap 
>that has started to be slung around today.
>
>You all know I'm not for cutting out all the [OT] and [FRIDAY] stuff, 
>but I have to agree with folks that say part of what has been posted 
>today is uncalled for and entirely inappropriate for public 
>consumption.
>
>Bear in mind what we learned from the recent poll:
>    *  Most folks enjoy the [OT] stuff
>    *  Many folks would prefer any [OT] stuff be more closely confined 
>to technically-oriented topics
>    *  Several would like to make note that beer is not a worthy topic 
>for discussion
>
>I think if we keep those points in mind, all of us will be able to get 
>along just fine.  If we find ourselves driven to "think 
>outside the box" 
>(wrt these points), I think we'll find that the minority 
>numbers we saw 
>dislikeing the [OT] posts will quickly become a majority.  Thereafter, 
>the list will (out of necessity) become much more rigid.  I 
>don't think 
>any of us want this.  Can we *please* act like adults?
>
>Personally, I enjoyed (a few of) the posts this morning.  However, 
>posting sites with sexually-explicit material - that comes with pop-up 
>pages of all sorts of things! - and trying to belittle people doesn't 
>seem appropriate for this list IMNSHO.  Many of us are in public areas 
>where things like the first could get us into serious trouble.  The 
>second is just ... wrong.
>
>Regards,
>
>Eddie
>
>
>
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