> Toleration of disagreement has almost nothing to do with it. > Instead, it's more a matter of signal to noise ratio on a > limited bandwidth channel. If you fill up a list with > ignorant drivel, people who don't have time to deal with > drivel will go away, leaving the list to those who produce > the drivel. > That's the problem. I've seen it happen many times. > > -- > Kent Crispin > kent@xxxxxxxxxxxx > I really, really don't want to get into another one of these, but let's be clear - no matter what you say, no matter how long you say it for, and no matter who agrees with you, Anthony is right and you are not. Let me clarify - I absolutely am not commenting on the whole signal to noise ratio thing. I am not at all trying to tell anyone what a reasonable amount of noise is for them to handle. What I'm saying is, if this were Lord of The Flies some of you would be the one who kills Piggy. nick _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf