> -----Original Message----- > From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu > [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Xiaofan Chen > Sent: Friday, 7 December 2007 4:09 PM > > Agreed. I think [WOT] should be banned. But then again even James > > himself is enjoying discussing these kind of issues. > > So what can we do? > > > > In the end, either you express your opinions (I believe many > of us have some opinions on these kind of controversial > issues) or you keep quiet and hide/delete the whole thread. > > The reason I replied to another not-so-approriate thread > "[OT]:: From another land" has something to do with national > pride (I am a Chinese). Normally I would keep quiet but I > feel it is better to let the people know a bit of the > different opinions. > > So I have no problems with [WOT] myself but I feel it is > better to get rid of [WOT]. I believe Olin proposed this > before and I think he is right. So those long-winded, boring & pedantic topics can't be labelled [POT] (pedantic off-topic) or [NOT] (nit-picking off-topic)? Dang. Tony -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist