Political views on the Discuss List

[invalid-yPs96gJSFQo51KKgMmcfiw at public.gmane.org (Derek Martin)]

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:28:40AM -0500, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> This list is for discussions regarding Linux, Unix and related
> topics including things like IPV6, Net Neutrality. There is really
> no room on this list for political or religious slurs. We have
> Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, and even a few anarchists as
> well as Christians, Jews, Muslims, and atheists. It is certainly NOT
> appropriate to defame Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama,
> or Mitch McConnell. While we may disagree and comment on a policy,
> please keep the political slurs out of the conversation.

By all means, yes!  But let's also not forget that free software is by
its very nature a political beast, and so not attempt to stamp out
discussions of a political nature entirely, so long as they are
relevant.

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Derek D. Martin    http://www.pizzashack.org/   GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02
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