Goodbye to the list

[Brian Connolly]

I am sorry... I'd really like to begin this with an "all due respect"
but... I can't.  This is the silliest rather pettiest topic on which to
base drama I've ever heard.  Sounds like the heated banter of juvenile
siblings on a long car ride. 

STOP! OR I SWEAR I'LL PULL THIS CAR OVER!

Brian


On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 12:19, Elton Woo wrote:
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> I am un-subscribing from the list. My main purpose in being a member is
> to _learn_ from the many more skilled members here. Alas, the sheer
> VOLUME of the list is too much. Even in digest mode. And I haven't
> (or maybe I *should have) taken a speed-reading course.
> 
> This does not mean I am dumping Red Hat linux or Fedora, and I would
> be most happy to continue contact with my many friends here (off-list),
> the Red Hat guys, and old friends whom I have "re-found" (other "refugees"
> from the OS/2 world).
> 
> Though there are others willing to do so, I don't have the fortitude to keep
> "butting heads" with those who adamantly and selfishly _refuse_ to observe
> the basics of good electronic communications _as applies to a public mailing
> list_.
> 
> To wit:
> 1) Editing posts, when replying
> 2) Bottom posting, so that _others_ new to the list, or those researching
> information, can LOGICALLY follow the topic.
> 3) Posting in plain text, rather than HTML
> 4) Not changing the subject line appropriately, or distorting the topic
> within a thread. (In effect, mixing apples with chopped liver ... oy vey
> es Mir!!!)
> 5) Including their (and others') large signatures with messages
> 6) Sending attachments with their postings
> ~ ... etc., etc...
> 
> I won't bother to quote RFC 1855 (Netiquette Guidelines) since I'm told
> that this is over 10 years old. ... as common courtesy and social etiquette
> is several hundred years old ... I can see the "logic" of dumping them.
> 
> After all, "please", "thank you", "excuse me" are passé, n'est pas?
> ... as are giving up the front seats of the bus to elderly or handicapped
> passengers ... as is spitting anywhere and everywhere one pleases...
> <*SIGH*>.
> 
> To those members of this list who still have the "audacity" to speak up
> about these matters ... I say a heartfelt "GOOD LUCK".
> 
> 
> sincerely and respectfully,
> 
> Elton Woo.
> 
> P.S. FWIW, and IMVHO, the PGP signature is not counted as part of
> my default signature, so (I think) one counts the number of lines of
> each _individually_ and not one single signature.   :-)
> 
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