From ... From: Erik Naggum Subject: Re: Who used the "D" word? Date: 2000/03/14 Message-ID: <3162003144761655@naggum.no>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 597226223 References: <38C6A75F.7C62430F@iname.com> <38C73392.984C494F@analogsystems.com> <38cbdd86_4@goliath.newsfeeds.com> <38ccdc28_3@goliath.newsfeeds.com> mail-copies-to: never Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@eunet.no X-Trace: oslo-nntp.eunet.no 953014420 4918 195.0.192.66 (14 Mar 2000 06:13:40 GMT) Organization: Naggum Software; vox: +47 8800 8879; fax: +47 8800 8601; http://www.naggum.no User-Agent: Gnus/5.0803 (Gnus v5.8.3) Emacs/20.5 Mime-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: 14 Mar 2000 06:13:40 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp * "Coby Beck" | Personal attacks are NEVER productive. then why don't you guys ever _start_ moralizing against the provokers, only against the _other_ people who react to them? don't you understand that in the eyes of the village idiots, you're defending them, and very much _encouraging_ further mindless drivel and braindamaged chit-chat? why do you want more of that, Coby? is this newsgroup served better by your (and a few other people's) moralizing in defense of inanities than the occasional personal attack against which you, TOO, have to speak up to voice that ever-important concern about form and behavior? moralizers can follow their own advice: take it to e-mail, shut up, or ignore it. if _you_ can't do that, don't ever expect anyone else to. stick to _technical_ contents and _cut_ the meta-discussions, will you? #:Erik