A new lame UI toolkit for D

[John Reimer]

Stewart Gordon wrote:
> John Reimer wrote:
> <snip>
>> 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.
> <snip>
> 
> Well, I don't mean to be abrasive or abrupt, just helpful.
> 
> Stewart.


Okay... that's good to hear! :)

-JJR