[luau] IMPORTANT - Upcoming List Policy

[Joe Linux]

Jimen Ching wrote:

>Perhaps specialized topics like linux for schools does not belong in a
>general purpose mailing list like Luau.  I believe the idea of censorship
>came up in the past and was shot down.  Of course, videl is your server
>and no one can force you to host a list you don't like.
>
>--jc
>
Maybe the problem here is that it's too much of a one man show.

I like the idea of moving the Linux for Schools to a separate list. 
Since I belong to the "CLUE" (linux list) too,  some of these issues 
were debated there also, but the difference seem to be that there was no 
one person who really dominated the group.  In the end, it' was business 
as usual.

I like opinions, and have no objection to a person expressing their own 
feelings, beliefs, and thoughts.  I enjoy controversy.  What I detest is 
persons who impose their own personal feelings, and beliefs on others. 
 They do it a certain way; and therefore,  they believe everyone should 
do it the same way.  Then they go on to impose their way on everyone else.

I always tried to trim my posts going back to the original Luau list, 
and suggested that people do it at that time.  At that time some posts 
were literally almost miles long because every response to an original 
question continued to be included at the bottom of an additional 
response.  However, sometimes it helps to have the complete thought of 
the particular person and idea or question you are responding to.

Sometimes on this list, even though trying to remember to trim my 
responses, I accidentally sent  a message without trimming and then was 
jumped on, being accused of never trimming my posts which in fact wasn't 
true at all.  This seem to happen more often than not when the person 
actually didn't like the ideas or opinions I had expressed.  So instead 
of responding to the idea, they nit picked on issues like "trimming."

Basically I believe in a live and let live policy, but to be honest and 
probably overly blunt, that are certain cultures in Hawaii who just 
can't accept that, to the point of not even knowing the extent they 
impose their particular view, life style, sense of humor, ( or lack 
thereof) on the lives of others.  It's not like they are doing a thing a 
 certain way and teaching by example.  Rather they blatantly force 
others into their way, and are hyper critical of others if it isn't done 
their way.

These are just my opinions, and of course anyone is free to do, think, 
and act any way they want.  In other words, by expressing these 
opinions, I'm in no way saying you should do what I do, or believe the 
way I do.  I'm only asking for the freedom to just be myself, and be the 
way I am, because that's how I am.