Irdial-Discs wrote:
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quoted 6 lines Its just a shame that whenever> Its just a shame that whenever
> someone tries to do a good thing with the net theres always some
> prat who acts like a sysadmin/god saying 'you are off subject'.
> Try and be a little more patient/interested when someone is trying
> to help you out; you might learn something.
>
How exactly is posting this in a bunch of irrelevant mailing lists doing a
"good thing with the net"??? One would suppose that posting to a list for
food labeling policies would be much more effective, not to mention being
more appropriate. And why the blanket supposition that I, or other members
of this list _need_ help? I see we still have not vanquished the shadow of
universalism...
To be fair, however, I am usually the _last_ person to bitch about off-subject
postings. In fact, I make them from time to time myself. Keeps things a
little lighter; broadens discussion. Plus, you can just delete them if worst
comes to worst. It is much more destructive to a mailing list when people
_don't_ post about pertinent things than when they post something totally
off-subject.
My reason for flaming the poster was instead in the underlying assumption
that people who listen to this type of music are going to necessarily agree
with him, or that train of thought in general. When aesthetics,
personal/cultural association, and politics are strung out in some illusory
stereotypical thread, all are cheapened. In a perverse sort of way, then,
his posting was very much on subject. :)
-schwet
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