On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Tom Rand <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > look at the end of the day this is a place for archlinux support & > discussions with dev's, this is why there are policies for this & other forms of > communication with the dev's & users. > it is not about free speach or whether this is authoritarian > it is about what this place has become due to people forcing arguments which become > flame & troll fest's & get further away from policies to the point where the dev's > unsubscribe! I'm sure Vladimir Putin would say cracking on dissent is not about authoritarianism, but maintaining a level of civility (or whatever excuse he comes up with). The fact of the matter is that it's irrelevant what you say banning is all about; it's still authoritarianism. You can argue about the benefits of authoritarianism all day long, but it's still authoritarianism. > all i see here recently are rants on rants which really should be taken else where. Ignore them. Again, that's what people do on LKML, and guess what: it works. -- Felipe Contreras
