Now apologise for America, Britain told

[Alan Pope]

On 7 April 2011 21:20, Charlie Derr <cderr at simons-rock.edu> wrote:
> Isn't this list is "explicitly for" such (otherwise normally) off-topic discussions?
>        ~c

No. For about the eleventy-billionth time.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/sounder

"The Sounder mailing list should be used for discussion of subjects of
general interest related to the Ubuntu project, Linux, Open Source or
software in general. "

"Please take a moment to read the Ubuntu mailing list guidelines
before posting:- http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists"

"Avoid flamewars, trolling, personal attacks, and repetitive arguments"

"Every mailing list deals with a specific subject matter (a topic). It
is important to limit discussion to that topic so that the mailing
list remains productive. When writing to mailing lists, bear in mind
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which are not relevant to the individual mailing list, and each time
you write an email, consider its relevance for the mailing list in
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positively to a relevant discussion."

..and so on..

Al.