[ale] WAY OFF TOPIC -- ANNOUNCEMENT (political)

[Christopher Bergeron]

I wasn't thrilled to be banned from this list for a few months when I  
made a few negative remarks about a certain political party.  Some  
might call it hypocrisy, but at least it keeps ALE pure and from  
straying into politics.

ALE is undeniably one of the best Linux email lists around, so we  
should certainly keep it on-topic (we do have international readers  
[hey Keith!]).

;)

Kind regards,
Chris B





On Aug 30, 2007, at 7:39 AM, Jeff Lightner wrote:

> Two sentences count as a rant?
>
>
> I didn?t say ?all? Republicans ? I didn?t even say ?all?  
> independents or ?all? democrats.
>
>
> Every American has his own ideal of the way the world should be  
> run.  Party affiliations often don?t really describe all there is  
> to a person.  For example there are ?pro-choice? Republicans and  
> ?pro-life? Democrats.
>
>
> You?re right however that a political thread won?t get anywhere.   
> Posting against it though is just going to encourage responses.    
> There was a long and bitter thread here once about how this list  
> should be split to keep out the off topic stuff.   If you don?t  
> like the OT stuff then you should delete it without reading (or  
> even setup a rule to do so in your mailbox so it won?t clutter it  
> up in the first place.
>
>
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of  
> Brian W. Neu
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 10:38 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] WAY OFF TOPIC -- ANNOUNCEMENT (political)
>
>
> Not this Republican.  (this is the part where I deleted my retort)
>
> But I can tell you what this Republican does want:
>     Please don't use your anecdotal evidence of the list's  
> political leanings as a justification for not only off-topic  
> remarks, but grossly inappropriate (and/or uninformed) ones.  If I  
> wanted politics in my inbox, I'd subscribe to any one of the  
> thousands of lists that would provide it.  But I don't want that.   
> I want Linux in my inbox -- cute, cuddly, wholesome, raw, ass- 
> kicking, and sexy Linux.
>
> So next time anyone wants to rant politics. . . please exercise  
> restraint (see deleted retort above).  It's very likely that half  
> the country and half the list disagrees with you and you're not  
> going to persuade anyone, but rather just going to piss someone off  
> with your inappropriately placed commentary.
>
> Thanks!
>
> PS:  If you'd like to talk politics, you can send emails to my  
> accounts at:
>           binfalse at advancedopen.com
>                    or
>           devnull at advancedopen.com
>
>
> Jeff Lightner wrote:
>
> Not to mention some of us Independents as well as most Democrats.    
> Heck
> even some Republicans wanted this guy out.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of  
> Sean
> Kilpatrick
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 9:43 AM
> To: ALE
> Subject: [ale] WAY OFF TOPIC -- ANNOUNCEMENT (political)
>
> Don't want to start a thread here, but I know that there are some
> libertarians (and others) on this list who will be glad to know that
> Atty. Gen. Gonzales has resigned. Press conference is set for 10:30 am
> today at the Justice Department.
>
> Sean
>
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