On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Tom Rand <tom@tomsbox.co.uk> 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