From: Austin Ziegler Date: 2006-05-17T14:48:35+09:00 Subject: Re: [OT] Getting really ticked off On 5/16/06, Stephen Waits wrote: > James Britt wrote: > > Can the way-off-topic copyright thread go offline, or to some other list? > Why this even needs to be said is a mystery. Such a thread should have > never started -- it's one thing for a thread to veer off-topic, but > another for intentionally inflammatory flamebait to thrown onto the list. Excuse the hell out of you. I happen to be thoroughly pissed off for a friend who *just* had something published and already someone is advocating actions which would deprive him of his legitimately deserved royalties for that publication. This isn't flamebait: this is putting people on notice. I, frankly, don't want low-life thieves in the Ruby community, and that's what I consider the recommended action. > So to make my own post useful, I'll take my "me too" (yuck, let's stop > +1 posts too eh?) post a step further and ask that everyone *please* be > considerate of keeping posts topical. Right. It is *certainly* on-topic to Ruby-talk to complain when a community member's contributions are being threatened by short-sighted asinine selfish behaviour. It's called "policing the community." > I certainly appreciate it, and I'm sure many others will as well. I certainly don't appreciate your asinine responses here and elsethread. If you have an issue with me, take it up directly with me -- but *don't* try to coat yourself as doing the right thing in this, not with your responses in this matter. -austin -- Austin Ziegler * halostatue@gmail.com * Alternate: austin@halostatue.ca