"Mladen Gogala" <gogala.mladen at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote in message
news:hcihgo$7o6$1 at (no spam) solani.org...
On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:26:54 +0000, Jonathan Lewis wrote:


The threat of being sued for a derogatory comment (even a true one)
being made by a list member was something that no-one else wanted to
take on - and you're complaining because you now can't say whatever
you like whenever you like because Steve took on that risk.


My comments could neither be qualified as libel nor slander so they did
not pose a danger to anyone. Nobody could have sued either me or the
moderator for my comments. I am complaining because I was prevented
from telling lazy ignorants off. It is this "enforcing the morality"
that I am complaining about and that is what turned the oracle-l into a
useless high traffic forum. In addition to that, such danger no longer
existed when he banned me for bad behavior.


Let me repeat this bit - since you seem to have missed the point:

----------------------------------------------------------- When
Steve took responsibility for Oracle-L, the previous moderator had
decided to shut it down because of noises begin made in the US
courts about moderators being responsible for all comments made on
such lists.

-----------------------------------------------------------

Steve took on the list when no-one else would. Had it not been for him
the list would have ceased to exist years ago, and there would have been
no need, or opportunity, for you to tell anyone off.

It's his game, if you don't like the rules no-one is going to force you
to play.

I'd be curious to know, though, how long you survived on the
list after he took over.

Mladen Gogala wrote:
My comments could neither be qualified as libel nor slander so they did
not pose a danger to anyone.
...
Things being as they are, I still consider Steve Adams a prudish prick
who has single-handedly destroyed once useful list.

I must be losing my grasp of the english language.

I must be losing my grasp of the english language.

You mean the English language?

On Nov 1, 1:34 pm, Mladen Gogala <gogala.mla... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:

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I must be losing my grasp of the english language.

You mean the English language?

For all practical purposes you might as well just say American ...

On Nov 1, 1:34 pm, Mladen Gogala <gogala.mla... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:

snip

I must be losing my grasp of the english language.
You mean the English language?

For all practical purposes you might as well just say American ...

For all practical purposes you might as well just say American ...

"Gerard H. Pille" <g... at (no spam) skynet.be> wrote in messagenews:4aec43e5$0$2864$ba620e4c at (no spam) news.skynet.be...



What is "oracle-l" exactly?

It is a community based on a "list-server" which is a
mail-handling program that forwards any email you
send it to anyone who is registered as a recipient.

If you want to see the archive for this October to gauge
the level of participation, you can go to the following link:
   http://www.freelists.org/archive/oracle-l/10-2009

You can always simply browse the archive, but if you
want to join the mailing list, start with this link:
   http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l

On 1 Nov, 18:40, hpuxrac <johnbhur... at (no spam) sbcglobal.net> wrote:

For all practical purposes you might as well just say American ...

The official language in the United States is English:http://en.wikipedia..org/wiki/United_States

There is no "American" language.

-g

On 1 Nov, 18:40, hpuxrac<johnbhur... at (no spam) sbcglobal.net> wrote:
For all practical purposes you might as well just say American ...

The official language in the United States is English:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States

There is no "American" language.

-g

On 1 Nov, 18:40, hpuxrac <johnbhur... at (no spam) sbcglobal.net> wrote:
For all practical purposes you might as well just say American ...

The official language in the United States is English:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States

There is no "American" language.

-g

Take another look at the link you posted.  English is not the official
language in the United States, though it is in some states.  This has
profound implications where I live, where English _is_ the official
language, and 25% of the schoolchildren primarily speak one of about
65 other languages (much higher % in my immediate area).  In the Los
Angeles metropolitan area, the majority of households are primarily
non-English speaking.  

I think it is pretty stupid to have something
against people just because English isn't their first language.

jg
--

I agree. I currently live in the UK - where I was born - but have
spent a large proportion of my life living in other people's countries
and have always attempted to pick up the local lingo. I reckon I can
order beer in about eight different languages ;)