Re: Gnome-Media 2.2.0 "No War On Iraq" released

[Thomas Vander Stichele <thomas urgent rug ac be>]

> On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 10:35, Thomas Vander Stichele wrote:
> > On 27 Jan 2003, Jason A. Pfeil wrote:
> > 
> > > On Sat, 2003-01-25 at 09:05, iain wrote:
> > > [...snip...]
> > > > Headline: Gnome-Media 2.2.0 "No War On Iraq" Released.
> > > > Unrelated Websites: http://www.stopwar.org.uk/
> > > >                   : http://www.antiwar.com/
> > > [...snip...]
> > > 
> > > Yes, the release codenames in the past have been cute.  This, however,
> > > is going WAY out of bounds.  This is an announcement about a piece of
> > > software, not a mailing list of people who share your socio-political
> > > viewpoint.  Please do not use this list as a political soapbox, as this
> > > is not the target of this list and you will likely generate off-topic
> > > flamewars.
> > 
> > Hm, it is just a release name, and some links, so nothing obtrusive.
> > I don't see iain using the list as a political soapbox, and I don't feel 
> > it was being used as such.  What I mean is, your reaction to it is far 
> > more obvious as a socio-political viewpoint.

> Unfortunately, that is not a valid assumption.  I may be pro-war or I
> may be anti-war.  I, however, do not feel that one side should put such
> a potentially incendiary viewpoint, which btw is off-topic, in their
> posts, regardless of whether or not I agree with the viewpoint.

No, the political viewpoint that you expressed, IMO, is that you shouldn't 
mention political viewpoints.  Only you made your viewpoint clear far more 
obtrusively than Iain did.  Iain's viewpoint was different and obvious but 
made in a less intrusive way.

All I'm saying is I took more offense in the way you said Iain's not 
allowed to express his viewpoint subtly than I took in Iain's expressing 
his viewpoint.

Thomas


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