On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 11:41, Jacob Fugal wrote: > If you are frustrated, you are welcome to leave at any time. Note: we > are *not* /asking/ you to leave, on the contrary, we'd be disappointed > if you choose to do so. We'd love to have you around and receive your > valuable input. We'd love to have you as part of our community.
I've been trying to find the original thread. Does anyone have a link? I'm not sure that kicking the person off without consulting the list first was the right choose. But I'm not really upset by it either. It's not hard to re-subscribe, and it does send a nice wake up call that you've mis-stepped. Generally, we're a very friendly list. But there's no reason a community should have to put up with attacks. As far as I'm concerned, this list has always been about discussion of topics interesting to people that choose to participate in the UUG. We're computer geeks. LoTR is just as much a part of our normal conversation as Apache. The Internet is very on-topic. The intersection of faith/freedom with technology is very on-topic. Heck, we even allow Windows questions. If you never come to meetings, and you never contribute anything but complaints, why should we welcome your criticism? Hans is right, we'll be saddened if you choose not to contribute. But we won't miss you if all you ever do is make a pain of yourself. (My occasional contributions are probably the reason most people still put up with me.) -- Stuart Jansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED], AIM:StuartMJansen> "Because we frequently suffer from the scourge of information pollution, we find it hard to imagine its even deadlier opposite â information starvation. I get very annoyed when I hear arguments â usually from those who have been educated beyond their intelligence â about the virtues of keeping happy, backwards people in ignorance." -- Arthur C. Clarke
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