Sam K.
>
>
>I'm sorry, but I have to butt in here. I'm laughing so hard I just had
to
>jump in....
>How come every Newgroup I subscibe to, every mail list I read, and
every chat
>room I enter (no often!) somebody has to issue the "I'm civilized and I
don't
>like flaming and I don't think you should be flaming and that's not
what this
>group/ng/dist list is for and I know what it's for and you don't so
allow me
>to tell you what this list is for" post?
>
>My theory: if a Newsgroup has flaming, then flaming IS a part of the
>newsgroup. If a mail list has flaming, then flaming IS part of the
newsgroup.
>
>What this list "should be" is determined by what "it is". If the list
>contains mostly game mechanics, then it's a game mechanics list. If
this week
>it contains alot of flames, then guess what? It's now a flaming list.
>
>I always get a chuckle out of one or two participants in a list/NG
telling the
>other members of the list/NG what the list is for. The reason for the
list is
>whatever the participants of the list deem it to be.
>Now, if we see a post from Majordomo, or Rich telling us what the list
is for,
>then I'll listen :-)
>
>Eric Nelson
>
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