> -----Original Message----- > From: Doug Schepers [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 5:49 PM > To: Shelley Powers > Cc: Justin James; www-archive > Subject: Re: Nothing is really hidden > > Hi, Justin- > > Shelley Powers wrote (on 7/2/09 4:35 PM): > > Justin James wrote: > >> > >> I am not asking for disagreement to cease, nor am I saying that all > is well > >> in HTML 5 land. But I *am* saying that the pollution of this list > by > >> pointless arguments (hint: when you start arguing over things like > "strawman > >> arguments" and start discussing the terms of the debate, you are > engaging in > >> a pointless argument) is a massive waste of the time of the people > who are > >> engaged in it (since you have neither power nor authority to change > >> anything) and the time of the rest of us on this list. > > If you aren't interested in a topic, please stop reading and > contributing to it when you first judge it's not worth your time or > interest. That way, the only person wasting your time is you.
For better or for worse, the topics under discussion change constantly throughout a series of emails. So for someone like me, who is trying their best to follow what's going on, there is no ignoring a thread. > Additionally, your tone is simply not acceptable. Terms like > "pollution", "pointless", and "you have neither power nor authority to > change anything" are not acceptable in reasoned discourse. Considering the tone I've been hearing on this list and some of the opinions expressed in the last month or so, I would say that they are fairly gentle. But point taken. > Shelley has taken pains to state her arguments in a reasonable and > polite tone on this thread, and I'll ask you to do the same. On this thread. I suppose so. Not so in many of the other threads I have been attempting to follow. J.Ja
