Am 16.08.2012 16:57, schrieb Heiko Baums:
Am Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:22:58 +0200 schrieb Thomas Bächler <thomas@archlinux.org>:
So you're saying that instead of fixing the problem, every user should remove the offending posts.
The problem here are a small handful of people who start flames and spread FUD. Banning a handful of people from the list is an easier solution IMO. I am generally against such measures, but it seems we will have no choice.
And how do you decide whom to ban? Just because his opinion differs from yours? No personal offend. But there are or have been quite a lot of people here - I would even say, most of the people who are currently screaming the loudest - who are calling other people troll, while being trolls themselves, and shout for banning those people just because those people have different opinions and they can't bear other opinions.
I am not planning to start banning people, at least I don't want to. I am simply stating that it is an option that will be considered and that client-side filtering is not an acceptable solution. I am hoping that the threat of being banned will make people shut up for a day and calm down, then continue discussing normally and calmly.
And I think everybody has a right to say his opinion, even if he doesn't have a detailed, technical "proof" of his opinion.
This is a technical mailing list. If you want to discuss technical topics about Arch, you're in the right place. If you want to state your _opinion_, get yourself a blog.