From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752156AbXBWJeS (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:34:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752157AbXBWJeS (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:34:18 -0500 Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.184.238]:32419 "EHLO wr-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752156AbXBWJeR (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:34:17 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=uNHV5Lx72qOZqfrNhx2D9NHDbFk9j+LIZXC2LcZVhZ2L5IGo3FMRhU+vn0jtkZrB4psVlBl2oxxrxn8jpM31sP0YP8pLgXnWTpeqIXl26nyTar0ExfwC5c351tlVehpDsiHfcRJlooSkUKHZwz1ailiNSywe83CfyRgQCA+ISsY= Message-ID: <9a8748490702230133q2babf857xf9fc2224f7cf8e10@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:33:53 +0100 From: "Jesper Juhl" To: "David Miller" Subject: Re: off topic: Dolphin massacre in Japan Cc: aggmanousidis@freemail.gr, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20070223.005852.115907966.davem@davemloft.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <45DE988A.6020509@freemail.gr> <20070223.005852.115907966.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 23/02/07, David Miller wrote: > From: Aggelos > Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:32:26 +0200 > > > PS: Before any smart-ass jumps in, effectively making this post a thread > > about what spam is, let me say that if I posted it to a dolphin or > > other related list, there would be no gain, as they should already be > > aware of it. My intent is_NOT_ to discuss the subject here (in this > > list). Only want to make people aware, and so, if they want they can > > sign the petition. So don't reply to say this is spam, because it may > > be, but unlike spam, it will serve its purpose anyway. > > This is not an exscuse. linux-kernel is not some place for > making people "aware" of some important non-Linux issue, > just like any other mailing list is not an appropriate place > for off-topic discussions. > > The importance of the issue makes your posting no less inappropriate, > so please don't use that as a justification. The fact that you > believe that posting this on somewhere more appropriate is "without > gain" is not an exscuse either. > > Or perhaps you think it's appropriate to crap on just about any > mailing list in the world as long as the issue is "important"? > > linux-kernel is not to be used as a bullhorn for people to use > as they feel like to spread whatever information they want. > > So the next person who does this will be black-listed at > vger.kernel.org forever, as I am explicitly stating right now that our > policy is that this kind of posting is inappropriate. NO exceptions. Thank you David. -- Jesper Juhl Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please http://www.expita.com/nomime.html