Time to do a Man's Work ??

[David B. Held]

Dave wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> Bill Baxter wrote:
>>> If person C spends extraordinary amounts of time on library B, then 
>>> it's not surprising that person C would take attacks on library B 
>>> personally.   Not saying that person C *should*, but it's human nature.
>>
>> It's understandable, but I think we should adjust the culture here so 
>> that personal attacks are no longer condoned.
> 
> Or even tolerated, but I guess that couldn't be controlled w/o a 
> moderated group.
> 
> BTW - Anyone ever run into a case where a moderator canned something 
> just because of their personal opinions (on the technical subject matter)?

I've run into issues that aren't necessarily due to "personal opinion", 
per se; but let's just say that moderation is no panacea (which is why I 
  don't tend to favor it all that much).  One problem with moderation is 
that it tends to have an Old Boy Network effect.

Dave