Re: [LI] nothing related to linux - but worth a look - funny

[Raj Mathur <raju@xxxxxxx>]

May I take a radical posture here?

I feel there's nothing wrong with some amount of humour on the list.
We're all human and all of need a break once in a while from reading
about how someone's SiS card doesn't work and her brother's post about 
not being able to PPP to VSNL using Linux.  I agree that some posts
may not be directly related to Linux and/or India... does it really
matter that much?

Yes, Linux-India should not be turned into a platform for
<name-of-favourite-OS>-bashing.  Yes, Linux-India should concentrate
on Linux and India.  However, Linux-India should aso be a list with a
heart, not just a place for geeks to hang around and exchange notes on 
extracting that last bogomip out of their computers.

Humour has the capability to defuse tense situations, to take us out
of ourselves, to put some perspective on things which may appear
extremely important.  I'd recommend the judicious use of humour --
it's not bashing anyone, it's just an expression of high spirits.  IMO
if we manage to focus LI to the extent where people are unable to
express their passion and spirit in the list, the list has failed in
binding the community, whatever else it may have succeeded at.

So let's all go a bit easy, huh?  Lie back, roll that nice stuff you
got from your last trip to Kerala in a Wills, puff away, and consider
how much of this will really matter in a hundred years.

-- Raju

>>>>> "Ravikant" == RAVIKANT K RAO <ravikant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    Ravikant> On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, Rajesh Fowkar wrote:
    >> >> >>#include "win31.h" >> >>#include "win95.h"

    Ravikant> <snip - loads of windows bashing>

    Ravikant> Hi there, Well, lets just assume for some unknown reason
    Ravikant> , the staff of Outlook india are subscribing to LI and
    Ravikant> they chance upon this mail, which does ONLY windows
    Ravikant> bashing, and _nothing_ else , i'm sure , given the
    Ravikant> poetic license and the tendency to "slightly"
    Ravikant> exaggerate/spice up news articles , they would stick to
    Ravikant> saying ilug-delhi bashes up win users regularly , and
    Ravikant> since your mail is from goa , they prolly might
    Ravikant> supplement that previous article with "now ilug-goa also
    Ravikant> bashes win users!" .... and they have concrete proof
    Ravikant> right here..

    Ravikant>   I mean , if we're bashing win users on e-mail , what
    Ravikant> prevents us from doing so physically ?

    Ravikant>   If people are going to make postings like this , don't
    Ravikant> crib when 2 weeks from now india today or outlook says
    Ravikant> "LI users bombed Microsoft office in delhi and burnt
    Ravikant> effigies of Billy badshah and murdered 200 civilians who
    Ravikant> have windows on their walls at home" ... You brought it
    Ravikant> on yourself.I am fairly sure more people on the list
    Ravikant> would rather NOT have such junk hurled at them and being
    Ravikant> slandered at publicly than people who wouldn't mind
    Ravikant> it... So you _have_ to imperatively stick to guidelines
    Ravikant> and _not_ bash windows [ or any other o/s ].

    Ravikant>   You have to remember this , ... that a mail to the
    Ravikant> list carries "somewhat" the views of the list itself
    Ravikant> ...and Linux-India doesn't really give a damn for
    Ravikant> windows or its users... Please stick to the topic of the
    Ravikant> list itself. How would you like it if I posted a huge
    Ravikant> nice mail about Tarla Dalal's recipe for orange chicken
    Ravikant> ? and somewhere in between insert a "linux rules ,
    Ravikant> windows sucks" and claim that the mail is related to LI
    Ravikant> itself ?

    Ravikant>   Granted the mail _was_ infact humorous and funny , but
    Ravikant> the fact is , these kinda stuff should stick to personal
    Ravikant> friends etc. For instance , _I_ would consider this spam
    Ravikant> , since the purpose of _MY_ joining the list was to
    Ravikant> learn/discuss linux and not why a call to
    Ravikant> disable_cache() has to be done from under windows. I
    Ravikant> guess this is in fact in the borderline since too many
    Ravikant> wont object to it... <shrug>

    Ravikant>   Another funny thing is , if there's some dude that's
    Ravikant> interested in humor , he would have already viewed
    Ravikant> www.jokes.com and so on and so forth and hence would
    Ravikant> already know all these regular jokes . [ I knew this one
    Ravikant> already ]

    Ravikant>   But I "still" think Windows bashing is _NOT_
    Ravikant> right. AFAIK Linux isn't cool because it claims windows
    Ravikant> sucks , but because it is cool itself , inherently and
    Ravikant> independently... Correct me if I'm wrong and sorry if i
    Ravikant> sound rude/nasty - it is unintentional.

    Ravikant>   Regards,

    Ravikant> - Ravi.

    Ravikant>   PS : Tell you what , put the entire thing as a
    Ravikant> .signature , and no one can complain that way ;-) <ducks
    Ravikant> in anticipation of a couple rockets>
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