Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!border1.nntp.ams1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!bcyclone03.am1.xlned.com!bcyclone03.am1.xlned.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed8.news.xs4all.nl!nzpost1.xs4all.net!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.012 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'subject:don': 0.09; 'ignore': 0.14; 'better:': 0.16; 'complained': 0.16; 'mistake.': 0.16; 'prohibiting': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'subject:make': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'employer.': 0.18; 'denied': 0.22; 'am,': 0.23; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; "doesn't": 0.26; 'header:X -Complaints-To:1': 0.26; 'restrict': 0.27; 'went': 0.28; '"please': 0.29; 'wright': 0.29; "i'm": 0.30; 'strongly': 0.30; 'probably': 0.31; 'post': 0.31; 'up.': 0.32; 'posting': 0.32; 'point': 0.33; 'add': 0.34; 'instead': 0.36; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'agree': 0.37; 'received:org': 0.37; 'signature': 0.37; "didn't": 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'where': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'skip:u 10': 0.61; 'here.': 0.62; 'more.': 0.63; 'you.': 0.64; 'below.': 0.66; 'power': 0.72; '_o__)': 0.84; 'received:125': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Ben Finney Subject: Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 01:29:14 +1000 References: <85k2sieccx.fsf_-_@benfinney.id.au> <143673659.1031959.1440579734203.JavaMail.root@sequans.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: jigong.madmonks.org X-Public-Key-ID: 0xAC128405 X-Public-Key-Fingerprint: 517C F14B B2F3 98B0 CB35 4855 B8B2 4C06 AC12 8405 X-Public-Key-URL: http://www.benfinney.id.au/contact/bfinney-pubkey.asc X-Post-From: Ben Finney User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:K93z/nfdk5CWSvr2aAay5gzGOKI= X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 26 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1440602965 news.xs4all.nl 23854 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:45402 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl X-Received-Bytes: 4058 X-Received-Body-CRC: 4036691155 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:95659 Terry Reedy writes: > I disagree with prohibiting people encumbered by such systems from > participating. I have no power to prohibit people here. I do strongly request that such threatening legalistic screeds stay away from this forum. > On 8/26/2015 5:02 AM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: > > I agree with you. Unfortunately my request for removing this > > nonsense has been denied by my employer. To the point where I'm > > restrincting myself from posting from time to time. I will probably > > restrict myself even more. > > How about instead you augment your signature with "Please ignore the > boilerplate below. Better: Don't use that mail system to participate here, and instead post using a mail system that doesn't add those obnoxious threats. -- \ “I went camping and borrowed a circus tent by mistake. I didn't | `\ notice until I got it set up. People complained because they | _o__) couldn't see the lake.” —Steven Wright | Ben Finney