+1, Sean.
Think Martin Luther. Think Alexander Solzhenitzen (lordy, I butchered the
spelling there!). Yes I'm being a bit grandiose (and hyperbolic since I'm
pretty sure our friend is no Luther), but the point is still good. Maybe a
Solzhenitzen will show up on Ruby-talk someday.
A personal fix is simple: I put a new filter rule in my email client and our
rude and somewhat paranoid friend's posts are trashed immediately. And I'm
not seeing them anymore. Good for me.
Drew
-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: Sean O'Dell [mailto:sean@celsoft.com]
-> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 7:50 PM
-> To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
-> Subject: Re: Ruby Web Hosts
->
-> >
-> > I still think that a few offensive posters can detract from ruby
-> > advocacy and can hurt the progress of the language and
-> general good
-> > feelings and collaboration among the group, so I think there is a
-> > place for a "List Lord," as you so Orwellianly put it.
-> Actually, I
-> > was advocating more of a democratic approach in which list
-> regulars
-> > formed ad-hoc initiatives to get rid of people who everyone agreed
-> > were way out of line.
->
-> That would be fun for the regulars. That wouldn't be very
-> fun for people who
-> have things to say that go contrary to what the regulars
-> want to hear.
->
-> Sean O'Dell
->