List topics (was Re: Help kill the Surveillance State Bill)

Jeff Kinz jkinz at kinz.org
Wed May 11 21:44:01 EDT 2005


On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 08:13:26PM -0400, David Ecklein wrote:
> One who would follow Ben's apparent precedent here might well ask "who the
> h-e-double-toothpicks is Ben"?  But everyone on the list knows that Ben can
> do, and usually does, better than "SOTF".  In my opinion, the only thing
> worse than a political prig is an apolitical prig.  I haven't seen any
> permanent evidence of either type on this list, just some temporary
> waverings in those directions.

Just to clarify, my objection was not to Ben's language, but to the
attempt to smear one thing by relating it to something irrelevant but
detestable.  Thats not a rebuttal, thats just an attack.  

Ben has a defensible position re: manners and list conventions.  


> If I had any advice, I would urge people to make their points and not worry
> about motivations.  Their own or others.  If technology did not have social
> implications, nobody would be interested in it, except as a sort of puzzle
> to pass the time.
> 
> And meanwhile, just hit the delete key if something is not to your taste.  I
> do a lot, but more because something is too specialized or incomprehensible
> (I am a Linux newbee) than because it is poor taste or "off topic".  When I
> CAN understand what you guys (and now and then a gal) write, I always find
> it interesting, whether about Linux or Politux.
> 
> Keep up the good work.  Even if on occasion, it makes the lurker (my usual
> role) feel like he is drinking from a fire hose!

Nicely done.

> mess o'stuff deleted<

-- 
Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA.



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