I fully agree that a lot of discussion on this list is pretty much
useless. Now the latest thing going around on ilugc is this - people have
taken it upon themselves to teach job posters how to post job offers. It
is not sufficient that they put [job] or whatever in the subject, but now
they must also word their posts very carefully, recite the correct
incantation in the right order and so on.
But as far as lively debates go, I think that is fine. That is one of the
reasons people view a mailing list in anycase. It adds some drama to an
otherwise staid list.
Regards,
Prem
