[geeks] [rescue] Guns - what are they good for? - was Re: TME and Apple II and other Drive emulator questions.

[hike]

Phil contributes in other ways and, as Mr. Bill has said before, the Geeks
list is a place for people to present views, observations and opinions.
 Since Mr. Bill and most others allow me to join in without complaint, I
would rather read someone that I disagree with than to exclude them or drop
out of a productive resource.  Most of the Geek conversations are about
technology (old and new).  Conversations about politics are rare and, those
that cause discomfort, are easy to avoid.

So, I see no reason for you to quit the List.  One of the pluses of the
Geeks list is the international flavor.   It is profitable to see how the
USA is perceived and how opinions are formed among the membership.

Regardless, you do what you think best.

Ciao!


On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 5:31 PM, Andrew Jones <andrew at jones.ec> wrote:

> On 05/20/2014 05:22 PM, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>
>> As the one that, for lack of a better word, 'caused' this debate, let me
>> just add that I am very happy to be part of a community (here on Geeks)
>> that has not devolved into name calling at anytime during this discussion
>> -
>> people expressed personal opinions, typically backed up by statistics [0]
>> and were debated on the merits of their arguments.
>>
>
> Phil's posts have been so horrifying that I have debated daily whether to
> un-sub from the geeks@ side of the house.
>
> When terms like "inner-city gang-bangers" enter the conversation,
> constructive discourse disappears.
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