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Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group

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Date 2015-01-20 12:50 +1100
Subject Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.17876.1421718613.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Rick Johnson
<rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
> That's the beauty of free speech: "We have right to be
> annoyed, and the author has the right not to give a damn".
> The only alternative is fascist censorship, and I'll happily
> endure these annoyances to prevent that!

Free speech also gives the freedom to not listen. Maybe it's less
trouble to skip them manually than to filter them out reliably, but
you do still have that option.

ChrisA

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Random ALL CAPS posts on this group Luke Tomaneng <luketomaneng@gmail.com> - 2015-01-19 16:15 -0800
  Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-01-20 11:22 +1100
    Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-01-19 16:31 -0800
  Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-01-19 16:38 -0800
    Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-01-20 12:50 +1100
      Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-01-19 19:50 -0800
        Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-01-20 14:58 +1100
    Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-01-20 13:15 +1100
      Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-01-19 20:06 -0800
        Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group Paul Rudin <paul.nospam@rudin.co.uk> - 2015-01-20 14:14 +0000
        RE: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group "Clayton Kirkwood" <crk@godblessthe.us> - 2015-01-20 09:53 -0800
      Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-01-23 22:50 +1100
        Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-01-23 23:03 +1100
          Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-01-23 19:34 -0800
        Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-01-24 07:13 +1100
        Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-01-24 07:31 +1100
  Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-01-20 11:40 +1100
  Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-01-20 02:48 +0000
  Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2015-01-20 23:25 +0000
  Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2015-01-23 14:40 -0800
    Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-01-23 20:08 -0500
    Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2015-01-24 10:32 +0000

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