On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Dan Smith <dan.smith225 at gmail.com> wrote: > > > At this point, I've decided to also leave the TCLUG list. Because I also > agree with what Todd said. "Google answers it much faster and without all > the BS that the list provides." > > Maybe someday I'll return to TCLUG. Maybe I won't. Maybe I'll just find a > better list. > > Take care all. > > I think you should be on a LUG list to be a part of the Linux Community on a local/regional basis. Not sure I see a problem with Google being responsive and helpful - I generally try to find answers on my own (with Google) before imposing on other people's time. As for the religion thing, I think some people would do well to remember it's possible to like a lot of the things about Linux and Open Source AND subscribe to a religion. But before you, Dan, get your axle bent about the response to Brian Wood I would suggest you consider the what the opposite extreme behavior would be. "I'm looking to partner with some people who don't believe in (religious belief/diety) on rolling a custom embedded distro for a real-time network device for a consulting gig." What does belief have to do with any of that? Nothing. Which makes that kind of a remark inappropriate with respect to this community. And not only is religion not relevant here, it's a hot button topic for many. Putting the two together is bound to get some strong reactions, and that's exactly what Brian Wood got. I don't see the problem. But I'm not religious, so I don't see strong reactions to Brian Wood's posts as indirect attacks against my belief system. If I was a moderator I would not be taking action against the people who reacted strongly to Mr. Wood. I would have sent Mr. Wood a private message, a public message to the list letting them know I had engaged Brian as a moderator privately to head off some of those strong responses, and I would have then banned him on his next "in-kind" post. In any case, I'm not going to rage-quit just because I don't like how a situation like that is being handled, or not handled. But if it makes you feel better... Cheers, -Rob -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20110306/8fcfd400/attachment.html>