STOP IT! (Re to any flame war on this list)

[Christian Williamson]

On Sat, 2004-11-20 at 15:36 +1300, Christoph Georgi wrote:
> STOP IT right here and now.
> 
> This mailing list is about helping other people to get OpenSource 
> software running, no matter what they believe in, where they come from, 
> what color they are, how rich they are, who their idols are, or whatever 
> you guys are fighting on...
> 
> APOLOGISE as you have offended/hurt someone else with a different 
> oppinon than your own.
> 
> Respect that other oppinion and deal with it as an oppinion, not as a 
> statement with universal scope, although some people choose their 
> wording without precausion making their oppinion sound universal and 
> some choose their wording deliberatly to make their statement sound 
> universal. But they are not. No one can speak for others; one can only 
> speak for himself.
> 
> Just stop it, apologise.
> 
> These conflicts only lead to hatred and that is not the reason for us to 
> gather.
> 
> 
> christoph
> 
> 
> PS: I'm only trying to get my core message across, nothing else...
> 

although i wasnt in any flame wars i must say, what ive seen on this
list hasnt been flame wars at all, its been debate.  DEBATE IS NOT THE
SAME THING AS FLAMING.

if someones feelings get hurt doing HEALTHY debate (And i cannot stress
to you enough how incredibly important debate is to the society of the
world) then they have much bigger problems than dealing with linux.
Passionately having a difference of opinion is not flame wars either.
again, thats just someone debating passionately.

dont walk on eggshells people, from what ive seen on this list so far,
you have NOTHING to worry about.
-- 
Christian Williamson <emailthatguy at socal.rr.com>
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