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> ----- Original message ----- <br />
> From: "Sebastian 'CrashandDie' Lauwers" <crashanddie@gmail.com><br />
> To: "List for community development" <maemo-community@maemo.org><br />
> Subject: Re: Deprecate the maemo-community list?<br />
> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:20:21 +1000<br />
> <br />
> <br />
> Alan,<br />
> <br />
> In much the same manner, stating that "one shall never change his<br />
> ways" is not any better than "one who demands for the mailing list to<br />
> be closed". Neither positions are listening to the other members'<br />
> opinion.<br />
> <br />
> I would also like to point out that even though I tried to offer one<br />
> of the very few alternative options that have been raised during the<br />
> beginning of this thread (Jaffa's Maemo Weekly Summary of what<br />
> happened across the whole of the community, all media alike), no-one<br />
> responded to it (and if you did, my apologies for not noticing).<br />
> <br />
> Maybe Randall was right with what he stated on tmo: Have we come to a<br />
> point where we are looking for reasons to argue rather than looking<br />
> for solutions?<br />
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Sadly, it sure looks that way.  I see a lot of people talking (or shouting) past each other, a lot of counterproductive stubbornness and hypocrisy too ("I don't care what others think but I expect them to care about what I think").<br />
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I was really hoping at this point we'd be past that polarity and childishness.  Maybe we just need more time?  Or will there always be two distinct camps in this "community"?</div>
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<div>Tories and Whigs?  Democrats and Republicans?  Emailers and Forumers?<br />
<br />
Randy<br />
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> <br />
> (Btw, jet-lag from eu to oz is seriously bad).<br />
> <br />
> <br />
> On 16/01/2010, Qole <qole.tablet@gmail.com> wrote:<br />
> > Dear all,<br />
> ><br />
> > I need to make the same distinction here that I made on TMO.<br />
> ><br />
> > I am not asking for all the mailing lists to be shut down, I am only asking<br />
> > for the community list to be shut down.<br />
> ><br />
> > And the Community forum doesn't have high traffic nor noise content, for the<br />
> > same reason that this list doesn't have much traffic. Generalisations about<br />
> > a medium that you do not prefer are counter-productive.<br />
> ><br />
> > Go take a look. Does that forum look noisy to you? Or do the current threads<br />
> > look informative and useful?<br />
> ><br />
> > http://talk.maemo.org/forumdisplay.php?f=16<br />
> ><br />
> > Other counter-productive things in a conversation like this include flatly<br />
> > stating things like, "I will never change my ways," and casting aspersions<br />
> > about people with different preferences than yourself.<br />
> ><br />
> > "qole erm Alan"<br />
> ><br />
> > --<br />
> > enthusiast, n. "One whose mind is wholly possessed and heated by what<br />
> > engages it; one who is influenced by a peculiar fervor of mind; an ardent<br />
> > and imaginative person."<br />
> ><br />
> <br />
> --<br />
> Sent from my mobile device<br />
> <br />
> question = ( to ) ? be : ! be;<br />
> -- Wm. Shakespeare<br />
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