phanisvara das wrote:
the religious positions have been made clear; the position of the list organizers has been made clear long ago: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette
Sorry, I'm from a place where freedom from religion was guaranteed by a constitution. Maybe that's why I take exception toward those attempting to impose one upon others (be it me or someone else). Chastising any or everyone in public about they are not following the "ancient rules" [sic] that are for the benefit of the "old timers"[sic], simply makes them an ass. Even creating self-serving, public wiki with comments about a desire for 'bottoms' smacks of poorly concealed attempts to dominate others to adhere to an ancient and *outdated* practice that, "AS A RULE", is inane. Style is style -- and rules designed for 'ancient' hardware need to be re-examined in the light of new paradigms or there will never be any progress on this planet. I'm an old, or _older_, of an 'old timer', vis-a-vis time on the internet or dealing with electronic, graphical or tty-based group discussions than any of those who claim that title and as one of the eldest elders (I was on the 'net' years before there was an 'internet) going back to uunet days. I was on cdc/ui-net instead of arpanet before that. If those claiming they are elder to me, that would place them on arpanet -- a military research project. Definitely, standards of the military, are not the ones I wish to live by today. The internet is changing -- and standards that made sense in ancient days when people were connected by 110-300 baud modems/ttys don't make sense when one has or uses high level graphical interfaces that can completely change the the _conceptual_ nature of the medium. There's a word for those who can't evolve -- extinct. Perhaps that is why they complain, with greatest NEED, against those moving forward. Those who can adapt will thrive and prosper -- those who can't will be left behind. That's why I constantly re-evaluate old 'wisdom' or 'customs' -- are the best serving the interests of people today or are they adhered-to, and enforced, out of a fear-of-change by a vocal and well-entrenched minority? I see the latter has holding back progress -- something we need to constantly engage in to grow both personally and as a species. -l -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org