On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 17:17 -0700, ericĀ© wrote: > Is it possible to get through this stuff without people bickering like > grade school children? I'm sitting here waiting for a "my dad can > beat up your dad" comment shortly... ---- you might have a valid point and you might find some people that agree you might have noted that the threads revolving around litigation by RIAA against our neighbors is off-topic since there's no evidence of Linux anywhere. Personally, I don't see this as an issue of bickering like grade school children at all but I would guess that we have differing 'tact filters' http://www.mit.edu/~jcb/tact.html More specifically though, I do have the feeling that this is an issue of interest to a great many of the list members. Lastly, Chris is certainly bright enough to put forward a cogent argument for his opinions and I thought I was genial enough the first 2 times I asked him to make his point relevant. I would think that a vigorous discussion (even dissent) is a healthy way to advocate an opinion. Besides, my dad is dead and before that, always made it clear that I was to fight my own battles. Craig --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss