Hi Colin,
Hiding under a rock? You? In all seriousness, I completely agree with your points about the need to keep focus on this list.
Jerry VE3QSO
----- Original Message -----
From: don bishop
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: Islam question;
Right on Colin!
Don w6smb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: Islam question;
> oh for god sakes already.
> I just have to jump in on this.
> Come on, this is an amateur radio list. Not a blindness related
> topics
> list, and most certainly not a religious advice list.
> I'm pretty tollerant of off topic posts but this one is way over the
> top.
> why don't we just suspend this list, send all members a subscribe
> email to a
> blindness information list and have done with it.
> I subscribed to a blind hams list, with the intension of meeting and
> corresponding with other blind hams about ham radio related topics,
> and how
> ham radio relates to blindness and so on.
> I did not subscribe to a list where any topic at any time can just pop
> up
> and either take up space in my inbox with meaningless babble about the
> past
> or some obscure blindness related device or theory. If i wanted to
> see
> posts asking for advice about religious topics i'll bloody well
> subscribe to
> a religion list.
> If i want to see posts about braillers and braille, i'll subscribe to
> an
> appropriate list for that.
> The fact is, I don't, and therefore I am not subscribed to such lists.
> A few off topic posts are OK, as long as they are at least within the
> relm
> of electronics or something somewhat linked to ham radio, but not this
> sometimes constant barrage of total babble that has been plaguing this
> list
> lately.
>
> Yes yes, I know, I have a delete key, and I should use it, and if I
> don't
> like it I can unsubscribe.
> But i can also state my opinion and say my piece just as easily and
> seemingly without consequence since everything else is excepted by
> group
> members weather radio related or not.
> I'm not saying a moderator has to jump in here, we all know phil's
> stance on
> managing lists and I respect and like that stance. However, we, as a
> group,
> can at least, individually and together make an effort to use the list
> for
> it's intended purpose and not as a catch all basket, or in some cases,
> garbage can for our problems, issues, unrelated questions or vague or
> rambling sentiments.
> I know, ham radio facilitates all topics on air, except in some
> countries
> one may not discuss religion or politics. However, if something is
> designated for a certain purpose, say a specific net, you would never
> consider jumping in and disrupting the net and disrupting the purpose
> of the
> net just because someone happens to be talking on the air? Or simply
> because you feel like discussing your own topics...
> This list is the same. Just because most of us share some commonality
> in
> our blindness or lack of vision, doesn't automatically mean that the
> list
> topics can encompass all topics related to blindness or all topics
> period.
> It should be used for it's intended purpose. That intended purpose
> here is
> already very very broad and rightly so. But it certainly isn't all
> encompassing.
> I'll get off my soap box now and crawl back under the rock I've been
> hiding
> under.
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 5:39 PM
> Subject: Off topic Islam question;
>
>
>>
>> Hi
>> I am scheduled this spring to give a series of talks on the
>> topic =
>> of Islam and its relationship to Christianity. Since I am a
>> Christian, I =
>> have little knowledge of Islam why they tend to be so violent to =
>> Christians and so on. If you know of any good resources for this
>> topic, =
>> I would appreciate it if you could send me the information.
>> Thank you.
>>
>> God bless,
>> Mark
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