The childishness of public killfiling. (Was: OK ITS OFFICIAL I AM THINKING ABOUT REMOVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH UBUNTU AND JUST GOING WITH DEBIAN)

[Aaron]

What is a killfile ?
On 26 Aug 2006, at 02:41, Michael T. Richter wrote:

> On Fri, 2006-25-08 at 10:26 -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
>> Matt Smith wrote:
>>
>> > is F*CK OFFENSIVE?!?!?!
>> >
>> > IS IT?
>>
>> Of course it is.  So is shouting.
>>
>> <plonk>
>
> While we're on the subject of what is and isn't offensive, I find  
> it offensive when people publicly announce the contents of their  
> killfiles as if it were a) some kind of act of public interest and/ 
> or b) some kind of extreme punishment.
>
> Killfiles?  I support heartily.  (And, indeed, as I've offered  
> before, anybody who wants to drop me into their killfile may feel  
> free to do so at any time.  If they don't know how, I'll gladly  
> provide instructions.)  Publishing your killfiles in whole or in  
> dribs and drabs?  Is offensive.
>
> Can we get people banned for doing that please?
>
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