[asterisk-biz] OT: Re: comepletely off topic political stuff

[John Todd]

[body deleted, and I've intentionally broken message threading on this  
reply]

I've been watching this thread title and the related follow-ups (some  
with different titles) with some dismay, but I don't think at this  
time it is appropriate to moderate the list.  Self-moderation has  
worked in the past, and I see no reason to change that for just a few  
messages that are undesired.

This is the list for Asterisk business.  While there may be some grey  
areas surrounding what is acceptable to post (repeatedly) for your  
company or services, there is CLEARLY no reason to be posting  
discussions about social, political, or economic issues on this  
forum.  There are many other places for that, but this is not one of  
them.  Refrain from cluttering the list with discussions of your  
opinions regarding issues other than those directly related to VoIP or  
Asterisk topics.  Please exercise self-restraint and don't reply or  
follow up to threads that are not relevant to this discussion forum,  
even though you are feeling righteous rage at someone who has  
expressed an opinion with which you disagree or said something that is  
factually incorrect.

While I believe it is not appropriate at this time to moderate the  
list, in the most extreme cases of off-topic digression it may be  
necessary to remove users who continually do not adhere to commonly  
acceptable posting topic standards.  However, we're not there yet.  I  
am less disappointed with threads that are business-oriented but yet  
are not relevant to Asterisk business issues directly, as often there  
are interested parties on these topics.  But even those are only  
useful if they are not topics to the exclusion of more pertinent and  
related issues.  Please seek out the appropriate forums for these  
discussions, and then perhaps just post a link if there is the thought  
that there is a similar audience interest on the asterisk-biz list.

This will hopefully be the last reply to the list on this particular  
topic for another few years.

JT

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