[Tfug] Religious crap

Matthew Patenaude mnglfiddle at gmail.com
Fri Oct 6 19:33:07 MST 2006


Ahhh. Same here. I'm with Keith. My humble apologies offered - again. I 
obviously didn't get on this list for theological discussion, either. I 
just found several statements interesting and yielded to the temptation 
to join in. I certainly won't be continuing with my previous topic. :)
Sincerely,
Matthew Patenaude

keith smith wrote:
> I belong to several Linux/Unix lists and several programming lists.  I moved from Tucson several years ago and stayed on the list because it is one of the best. I personally know some of the members here.  The founding fathers if you will.
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> These guys will give the shirt off their back to help you with your Linux and Linux  related issues - what ever it takes.
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> We have had our spats.  
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> I apologize for making anyone want to move on.  
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> Please accept my apology and lets talk Linux. 
>
> Keith
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> Richard Rohrdanz <rrohrdanz at gmail.com> wrote: Gentlemen,
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> I am not religious but I am more diplomatic than to label religion as crap.
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> I joined this list because I wanted to learn more about Unix/Linux/etc. The
> current thread does not help me learn what I came here for. I will cancel my
> subscription but I wanted to let the members of this group know why before I
> depart. Otherwise the list may continue to shrink without anyone knowing the
> reasons why. Perhaps people "...ask to be removed" as a way of giving the
> other members feedback.
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> On 10/6/06, George Cohn  wrote:
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>> From: Judd Pickell
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>>> I still don't get why people ask to be removed from a list when every
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>>> provides them the means to remove themselves.
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>> Seems to be a universal trait.  I admin a very busy car oriented list and
>> get those all the time even, though we provide a footer that they can click
>> on to be removed just as this list provides.
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>> I think people just see those links all the time and mentally block them
>> out.
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>> My favorite is when someone replies to an entire digest and adds "remove
>> me"! We take care of that by bouncing replies where a whole digest is
>> quoted.
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>> Somewhere I have a reply archived that involves hammers, prybars, and
>> other assorted means to "remove me". ;-)
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>> On a technical list, you would think folks would be more aware.
>>
>> George Cohn
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