STOP IT! (Re to any flame war on this list)
Travis Newman
panickedthumb at gmail.com
Sat Nov 20 04:48:04 UTC 2004
> although i wasnt in any flame wars i must say, what ive seen on this
> list hasnt been flame wars at all, its been debate. DEBATE IS NOT THE
> SAME THING AS FLAMING.
>
> if someones feelings get hurt doing HEALTHY debate (And i cannot stress
> to you enough how incredibly important debate is to the society of the
> world) then they have much bigger problems than dealing with linux.
> Passionately having a difference of opinion is not flame wars either.
> again, thats just someone debating passionately.
>
> dont walk on eggshells people, from what ive seen on this list so far,
> you have NOTHING to worry about.
>
Debate is one of the best things ever for something like this, but there
have been some harsh insults and accusations. That's flaming. Debate is
healthy, insults and accusations aren't. Keep it clean, no hitting below
the belt, and all is well.
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