Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/24

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Subject: Re: Decorum on the List
From: garvik@groupenet.com (Oddmund Garvik)
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 00:02:52

At 19:48 23/07/1997 +0100, Alex Hurst wrote:

>At the risk of being boring, don't 'retaliate' - just ignore or delete.
>It's the quickest way to kill (or avoid) a flame war.
>
>And again (at the risk of being even more boring), let's operate by the
>simple guidelines that anyone can express any viewpoint in this group that
>they like, PROVIDING:
>
>a) It's on topic
>b) It's objective, not a personal or political attack,
>c) It's not boring (at the risk of being boring)
>
>Roger also wrote:
>
>>          Thought for the day:
>>      Communist (n): one who has given up all hope
>>      of becoming a Capitalist.
>
>To which I would add:
>
>"Capitalism is the exploitation of man by his fellow man.
>
>Communism is precisely the opposite"
>
>Oddvik please note.

This is a bit contradictory, isn't it? We could always discuss it though,
but only face to face, and over a couple of Murphy's... I'll pay!

Oddmund