On Sat, 2005-09-17 at 06:58 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: > We are trying to prevent comments to this list, like the couple we had > already, saying that there are people not using CentOS because there are > people here who want to flame and be assholes to each other. > > Assholes will not be allowed to post to the lists anymore ... period. > > If we decide you are an asshole, you will be prevented from posting to > the list. If you don't like it ... too bad. I am getting sick and > tired of people acting like babies, if you can't be a rational human > being with some semblance of intelligence and manners to others, this is > not the place for you. > > Please just stop making smart-ass comments that you would not make to > someone face to face in a professional work environment. It should not > be that hard. > > This part of the post ... like my other ones ... is not directed at any > one individual, but as a general comment. ---- I appreciate the intent of this. I hope that you are going to publish this as list guidelines somewhere as it does represent an arbitrary measuring stick. I'm not certain that I've seen any comments that wouldn't have been made in a professional work environment so far on this list - except for the fact that I've never seen management make references to assholes. What we are talking about is the subjectivity of tone - and probably most specifically, the tone embodied in some of Bryan's postings and the reaction thereto which escalated the exchanges to a level that became grating. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.