[ubuntu-uk] DEB again

[John Matthews]

I didnt mean any hostilities either, it was a genuine question. Its did 
seem strange to me that something like this bill is not discussed on a 
newsgroup like this. Nothing has been brought forward about it at all. I 
am not really sure why its turned into a flame.

Sad really,

John,.

On 12/04/10 16:06, Tommy Pyatt wrote:
> Apologies Alan, I did not mean any hostility in my response to your 
> email, which was a fair and reasonable comment. I just wanted to point 
> out that I have no problems with Paula's original email, as I'm sure 
> I'm not the only one.
>
> Since I see you are using gmail, assuming that you are accessing your 
> mail through the standard interface, there is a function to 'Mute' 
> conversations if you prefer to be excluded from responses to the 
> thread. I use the function frequently with mailing lists. You may 
> already know about it, just pointing it out.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tommy
>
> (PS - '#8 - If this is your first night at ubuntu-uk, you have to 
> install.' i like that one, made me chuckle.)
>
> On 12 April 2010 15:49, Alan Lord (News) <alanslists at gmail.com 
> <mailto:alanslists at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 12/04/10 15:13, John Matthews wrote:
>     > I have to admit, I wondered why such a subject should be so
>     taboo. It
>     > affects us a lot more than we really would like to admit.
>     >
>     > I would genuinely like to know why it should have such a negative
>     > response from somebody like Alan, and why it is discouraged.
>
>     Blimey - It wasn't intended to be "such a negative response". That is
>     why I phrased my message the way I did.
>
>     I have heard and read a great deal about the debill over the past few
>     months, have written to my MP on several occasions and am a
>     politically
>     interested individual with my own opinions. I didn't however,
>     think that
>     the Ubuntu UK mailing list was the most appropriate forum for
>     discussing
>     more general politics - which is what this thread had morphed into.
>
>     Clearly I was wrong. ;-)
>
>
>     Al
>
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