Re: [Announce] BAngalore Debian & GNU Enthusiasts (BADGE)

[Raju Mathur <raju@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tarique/Swati,

First of all I feel personally ashamed at Rag00's post regarding you.
It was uncalled-for, abusive and in extremely bad taste, and if an
apology from me is any help, you have it.  As a (hopefully :-)
responsible member of LI, I apologise on behalf of Rag00 for the pain
and anger caused to you.

There's an extremely fine dividing line between freedom of speech
(which I think/hope all of us believe in) and abuse.  As far as I'm
concerned Rag00 crossed that line a long time ago when he started
abusing Atul, Biju and Exocore on the list.  The post referring to you
was the last straw.  You/Swati are well within your rights to sue him,
and I personally (and I think I'm speaking for the majority of list
subscribers here) will be glad to support your case in any way
possible.  The same support would be extended to Atul and Exocore if
they choose the legal path.

OTOH, taking a decision to ban someone from the list would be nearly
unprecedented in the history of LI.  While Rag00 himself has given us
enough reason to ban him, we should not treat the banning as a trivial
matter -- it should only be done after much soul-searching.  If he is
banned, it should be clear to everyone that the objection was to the
form the posts took, not the content.  And finally, it should be
treated as an isolated incident, not as a precedent for anything.

Regards,

-- Raju

>>>>> "Tarique" == tarique@sanisoft com <tarique@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    Tarique> On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Atul Chitnis wrote:
    >> Ah, the logic is mind-boggling. Calling your favourite distro
    >> "shit" is not OK, calling his favourite distro "DeadRat" is.

    Tarique> Aww Atul

    Tarique> I can confirm that S**t is not as bad as a Dead Rat for
    Tarique> your health ;-)

    Tarique> But folks seriously - why is it that such profane
    Tarique> language is being used on this list?

    Tarique> Isn't there any sense of decency left OR am I the last of
    Tarique> the mis-fits left on the list.

    Tarique> Flames are OK! fight on issues, debate BUT stooping down
    Tarique> to abusive language is I believe detrimental to LI
    Tarique> itself.

    Tarique> Cordialement

    Tarique> Tarique

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Raju Mathur          raju@xxxxxxxxxxxxx           http://kandalaya.org/