From: Felipe Contreras Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:06:07 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/CommunityGuidelines Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87li6g969j.fsf@linux-k42r.v.cablecom.net> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 7:33 AM, Thomas Rast wrote: > My approach -- and in my perception also that preferred by most of the > regulars who have spoken in this whole mess -- is that since there is a > fire hazard, it would be more effective firefighting to just remove the > hazard, thus preventing future fires. You would make an excellent evil dictator. A benevolent dictator like Linus Torvalds knows better, in the LKML "fire hazards" are not removed, they are ignored before any flames go up. This achieves the best of both worlds; if the person is truly vicious, nothing happens, but if there's something to it, a person that doesn't offend so easily might have a fruitful discussion, while the rest ignore the thread. In a flamewar everyone is guilty. Apparently you never learned that "but he started it!" is not a defense worthy of an adult, hell, even most children know that. -- Felipe Contreras