Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: How others handle bad behaviour on mailinglists

[Philip Webb]

070309 Stephen Bennett wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Mar 2007 10:41:57 -0500 Philip Webb <purslow@×××××××××.ca> wrote:
>> "Always be parliamentary;
>> never be personal; have a point to make; know when to stop".
>> 'Parliamentary' means 'follow the rules for MPs in Ottawa or Westminster'.
> If you've seen what goes on in the House of Commons on occasion,
> you'd know that those two are contradictory.

That's the popular picture, but there are definite lines you can't cross
(OTOH some parliaments, eg in Australia & Israel, are notoriously abusive).
Eg if one member calls another a liar & refuses to withdraw,
s/he is promptly marched out of the chamber by a couple of sergeants-at-arms.

Anyway, my own rule above is to follow the rules of those parliaments,
which are set out at great length in written handbooks,
not to imitate the actual behaviour of the members thereof (grin).

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