<p>I fully agree with the idea of ALE being a pub. If any of you have ever spent time in a pub, you know there are certain conversations you can't have there. They are the same topics that always get out of hand here. You don't go to your local pub and start insulting people, calling them stupid, and denying their virtues our humanity. Teeth would be lost.</p>
<p>My previous post on this thread was intended to illustrate how ludacris it would be to speak to someone in person the way people often do here. I think that many people on this list are like me in that they don't attend the meetings because they don't want to witness one of these flame fests in person. I have a Mormon friend who quit attending when his religion was vitriolically attacked. He wasn't there to evangelize anything but FOSS.</p>
<p>I think there is a great interest in spending time with like minded people. Let's please realize that we are not like minded in politics nor religion... and STFU.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On May 6, 2011 7:47 AM, "Pat Regan" <<a href="mailto:thehead@patshead.com">thehead@patshead.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div>