honest.... whaat was posted that started this tirade was an accident. I meant to share the company that rejects the sharing of our web activities. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Nathan England wrote: > On Wednesday, June 12, 2013 01:06:44 PM Ted Gould wrote: > Wonderful, and your blog is a great place for that. I support you being > outspoken about the issues in your private space. But the PLUG list is a > communal space, and with that comes certain communal norms. For instance: > no > shoes, no shirt, no service. That establishes norms for certain areas that > contain that banner. Certainly it restricts your freedom, but it is also > about someone establishing norms in a space to encourage a more diverse > set of > participants. > > Ted > > > > > What is ironic is we have destroyed the community of the PLUG. I have been > on > this list for over 10 years. Through that time I have come to know many > people > whom I consider friends. While the list may have a specific focus, since > the > beginning, us friends used this list to communicate all kinds of things > that > we cared about and we shared it with eachother through the list as a means > for > creating a group discussion rather than just between a few of us. > > Society has changed. In our vast attempt to be open minded of everyone else > and tolerant, almost entirely pushed by the LGBT groups, no one is > tolerant of > anything and no one is allowed to say anything for fear of offending > someone > else. You know, we have a freedom of speech in this country and not every > word > spoken is hateful though it may personally offend *you*. > > Grow up. Put your big boy pants on and stop whining! This isn't the third > grade anymore. I have opinions and a right to share them. You have opinions > and whether I agree with them or not I want to hear them! > > God forbid someone challenge someone. I have a strong foundation and I know > what I believe, but you telling your opinion about something that I do not > agree with does not shake my foundation so much that I get upset and I can > no > longer think for my self. I value other peoples opinions, otherwise I would > not share my own. > > When Obama was elected the first round he stated he wanted his cabinet to > be > filled with people who did not agree with him. I thought it was a > brilliant > idea! What better than a large group of advisors who will share differing > opinions. Of course, later we found out the advisors were nothing more than > large contributors to his campaigns and he was repaying them for their > deeds. > What a loser. > > If we cannot share our opinions then I formally request this list become > moderated so that no one might accidentally offend the weak minded on this > list. > > Nathan > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >