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[chris]

On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 08:27 -0500, Samuel Thurston wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 7:11 AM, Avi Greenbury <lists at avi.co> wrote:
> > Liam Proven wrote:
> >>
> >> Translation: "I don't like the playground, the kids there are mean. So
> >> I want it closed."
> >
> > Not really. This list is utterly not what people who sign up to it are
> > likely to expect, going on the mailman description. If Canonical wanted to
> > be hosting a mailing list dedicated to religious and political discussion,
> > they'd do so and describe it as such.
> >
> > ubuntu-users is supposed to be for technical support; this list is supposed
> > to be where the conversations that are not strictly technical support, but
> > still ubuntu-related in some way, end up.
<snip>
> If you don't personally like the content of an unmoderated list, leave
> the list, or try to get it moderated.  Advocating shutting down a
> community service because you disapprove of how it's being used is
> just odd...
> 
and draconian
the kiwi