Re: Proposal to change the name of sci.physics


Eric Gisse wrote:
tdp1001@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Sam Wormley wrote:
Tom Potter wrote:
Proposal to change the name of "sci.physics" to
"Jihad needs scientists"
in order to reflect what this newsgroup is all about.

Get lost Potter

It is disappointing to see that Sam Wormley
supports the "Jihad needs scientists" spamming
that is occuring in sci.physics.

Stop whining, crackpotter.

Learn to configure your newsreader to make it go away, or exercise some
self control and ignore it.

It is interesting to see that Eric Gisse
seems to support the "Jihad needs scientists" spamming
that is occurring in sci.physics.,
but does not seem to support my objection to the thread.

Regarding his suggestion:
"Learn to configure your newsreader to make it go away",
I am not one to hide from information.
I accept and evaluate all information,
and try to make a response that will have an overall positive effect,
or be entertaining (Which in itsself is a positive effect.)

Regarding his suggestion:
"exercise some self control and ignore it."
Note that my policy is not to "ignore" information,
but "to try to make response that will have an overall positive
effect."

In other words, I have enormous "self-control",
and I use it to focus attention on stupidity and evil.
I use my self-control to resist the urge to not get involved.
As someone once said:
"The only way evil can succeed, is if good folks do nothing."

The "overall positive effect" I was hoping for
regarding this negative thread title and content,
was to get the rational, intelligent, moral people to avoid
contributing to the thread, and to let the spammers know
that the thread and the stupid posts in the thread
aren't welcome in sci.physics.

As the old saying goes:
"There is nothing thicker than thieves."

Hopefully, one day people will be able to say:
"There is nothing thicker than good folks."

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