[CS-FSLUG] Subject: 21 Steps to Becoming a Liberal

[Timothy R. Butler]

Hello Steven,
	I am sorry to hear that you are leaving. The list has no agenda at 
all, and it does indeed move to the topics it is suppose to often 
times. The list, as I see it, seems to blow around -- some months it 
beats one topic to death, other months other topics --- but, I don't 
mean to make that sound bad! We've had some months where we had some 
major theological discussions (very interesting topics were covered) 
other months when we've dove into any number of FOSS issues, and so on. 
While myself and Eduardo Sanchez are moderators, we do not typically 
moderate the list unless someone complains about something (with the 
object of keeping moderating to a minimum), obviously I can take your 
message as a deserved critique of the list that requires some action.

	Normally, I post to the list more with the goal of keeping a wide 
variety of discussions going (as do a number of others), but 
unfortunately, I've been swamped a lot in the last few months and list 
posting ends up being trumped by other things.

	I hope you reconsider and maybe add some posts about FOSS. You'll find 
there is a HUGE wealth of FOSS knowledge on this list -- one just has 
to get it going by asking a question or posting a topic that strikes 
someone's fancy.

	One thing I haven't been enforcing lately, which I should, is that all 
political messages are suppose to be prefixed by the mark "PD:" by the 
sender. This insures that those not interested in political messages 
don't see them. Similarly, when we had a huge amount of traffic in 
theological discussions, we encouraged members to put a "TD:" on those 
messages. It helps a lot. I'll go post an "official reminder" about 
that right now. If you could filter out political messages from your 
mailbox, would you think about staying?

	I always hate to see a brother in Christ leaving the list because of 
something I am sure we can fix.

	Blessings to you.

	-Tim

On Aug 13, 2004, at 4:13 AM, Steven T. Fricke wrote:

> Now, I am done. I can't take this group any longer. I have braved it 
> out
> as much as I can, but you guys are driving me nuts.
>
> I can't add anything to your political rants because I just don't care
> to hear it in this forum. I was too new to consider jumping in and
> starting a *real* thread ON TOPIC and really had hopes that I would
> really find open discussion about FOSS going on from a Christian point
> of view. That sounded interesting! What might be out there that I don't
> know about yet? Based on discussions since I joined; NOTHING. I was
> hoping that maybe people knew about new versions of BibleTime or maybe
> even other new Open source bible study software. Maybe even some
> theological discussions. I can't find any of that though the political
> positioning.
>
> Let me quote your FAQ:
>
> 3.) Q: What kind of topics are allowed on CS-FSLUG?
> A: ChristianSource topics can be pretty much anything that would
> interest a Christian Linux/free software enthusiast. Troubleshooting,
> administration, new software, prayer requests, and even calm 
> theological
> discussions are welcome.
>
> I can't find much of that going on here.
>
> About all I can see is extreme right-wing American political messages
> forwarded and discussed, and accusations that it is impossible to NOT 
> be
> a Conservative American Republican an still be Christian. Somewhere I
> lost the FOSS discussion in all that.
>
> I even tried to pull back on the American politics by politely asking
> how many people here don't live in the USA or are USA citizens. Get a
> clue! I thought this was an international community of Christians
> discussing FOSS topics, Instead all I saw was Americans agreeing among
> themselves about extremist right-wing ideas. What if... I mean really
> think about this... What if there are people on this board who are NOT
> American and NOT extremist right-wing people and still are Christians 
> in
> the FOSS community.
>
> I have no more time for this drivel. I am unsubscribing.
>
> I will continue requested prayer requests, but I think I have nothing 
> to
> add to this group. It appears to me that you have a different agenda
> than your FAQ states.
>
> May the Lord God bless all of you.
> I pray for the best for everyone here.
>
> Steven
>
>
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