Date   : Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:39:50 +0100
From   : kortink@... (John Kortink)
Subject: Ban off-topic posts

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:25:24 +0000, "Pete Hatton" <pete@...>
wrote:

>Quoting "John Kortink" <kortink@...>:
>
>> Um, could we have a vote on completely banning off-topic
>> posts ?
>
>I don't always post here, I enjoy reading this mailing list. But these  
>sort of "Ban Off topic posts" topics annoy me, so in the vote, I've  
>voted NO.

If you just want to be practical, that's clearly the wrong
answer. If off-topic posting continues, then it will continue
to annoy about half the subscribers here, and the protests
will continue as well. If you ban it, at least as a matter
of principle, it will probably get a whole lot quieter.

>To date, I've yet to find a mailing list that stays 100% on topic.

Yes, and murder will probably never be completely banned from
society as well. Yet we have a law against it. The inevitable
failure to meet a 100% result does not mean that inactivity is
the solution.


John Kortink

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