A new lame UI toolkit for D

[Stewart Gordon]

John Reimer wrote:
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> I'm not sure why Stewart suddenly felt obligated to post this.  This 
> isn't Usenet.

What's that to do with anything?  I can't see how this nullifies a 
single raison d'etre of Usenetiquette.

> I saw no problems with your postings.
> 
> It's strange to watch how people start making decisions about how the 
> newsgroup is to be run (for the most part, I haven't seen much of that 
> here over the years: people have been quite relaxed about the thing). 
> This newsgroup has no moderation or authority to control it, as far as I 
> see beyond the responses of the community itself.  Not to say that it 
> doesn't need such control, but that authority hasn't been given to 
> anybody here in particular, let alone Stewart.  So I suggest you not 
> worry about his post until some official word states that he is given a 
> special moderation task for this newsgroup (or the members start backing 
> up his request).

Generally, people who post advice on how to post to newsgroups don't 
claim any special authority to do so.  They simply pass on guidance that 
has grown out of both experience and common sense, and which is accepted 
by most of the more knowledgeable and experienced newsgroup users.

> Sorry Stewart, I don't want to annoy you, but you seem overly officious 
> here.  You come across just as abrasive and abrupt as you might have 
> accused Matthew of some time ago.
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Well, I don't mean to be abrasive or abrupt, just helpful.

Stewart.