And Rosta wrote:
Jordan:
I don't think *anyone* has supported your "'Loglan' is the english
word for 'lojban'" crap (excepting you).
Anyway; if you really want to abuse meta tags so badly, how about
you put up your own lojban site? No one is stopping you...
Steven is advocating what he thinks is best for Lojban, and best for
official
LLG policy, not what he thinks is best for him. He is clearly not
speaking
out of a yen to abuse meta tags. The list would be a happier place if
you
respected that his intentions are honourable, and replied simply that
"your idea has been considered inappropriate for the following
reasons...
and this is why it hasn't won support".
I have a sense that the atmosphere of the list is a little less
collegial
than it used to be, and that insults and adhominems are becoming more
common.
It was pretty vituperous about six years ago, if I remember rightly.
There were just fewer people around to vituperate, and the
vituperations
tended to be about more obscure issues.
I agree that a little more politeness is in order. Perhaps we could
agree that all insulting messages should be posted in Lojban. If
nothing else it would be more amusing:
le do mamta cu nalrebysmacu .ije le do patfu se steci le panci pei
jbari
.i mi carna gi'e sputu fo do
(sorry, I'm not up to coining a lujvo/fu'ivla for "elderberry" at the
moment, nor to rendering "in your general direction")
robin.tr