atw: Re: National Broadband Network and empathy
- From: Howard Silcock <howard.silcock@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:59:01 +1000
From Peter's post:
*> I am on three newsgroups and all three have this broadband stuff.*
> *> At least 50 emails today. Poles apart as group but same arguments.*
> *> Delete delete delete delete.*
> *>*
>
> Yep, that's all you have to do if you find a good old political argument
> boring.
>
> As long as you remember that the reason we have freedom of speech is so
> that people can express different opinions without being censored, and don't
> want to carry on about people exercising their rights to participate in
> argument about issues they regard as important.
>
>
I'm all for people's rights to express their opinions but surely you don't
mean to imply that this list is open to anyone to debate anything?
This thread started off as a discussion of a topic of some relevance to the
tech writing community: the NBN. But it has devolved into a 'debate' that no
longer has much relevance and I think is degrading the list's standing
appallingly.
I'd invite potential posters to keep in mind the statement that is intended
to sum up what this list's about:
> This list is a forum for technical writers to discuss the theory and
> practice of technical communication. The forum will become an archive of
> useful tips and solutions regarding workflow queries, software usage,
> project planning, documentation standards...indeed anything of relevance to
> the profession of technical authoring.
>
Yes, we do stray off topic sometimes, and I'm guilty of this too, but I
don't think we can assume that because anyone can hit the Delete key it
doesn't matter if the list members get bombarded with emails that are little
better than rantings.
Howard
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