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On Tuesday May 17 2005 12:17, you wrote:
> *sigh*
>
> Saying "I am not going to discuss it further" is ridiculous.
> At the end of the day, your interests 
> increasingly seem to be in trolling this list rather than in serious
> discussion.
>
> --George

Why post this on list?
Troll.

Here's the reason that I didn't want to discuss it: I have already seen and 
participated in the "run as root" argument. Similarly, I have participated in 
the "HB1, obfuscate email addresses on this list, and distro flame wars" 
threads.

Really, these threads repeat - and nothing new is learned or gained. 
My interest is only to get a fully-working OS. Other people want to make it 
about whether or not I should ever run as root. I realize that the more 
people waste energy on the root argument, the less attention will be put on 
the issues that I posted about.

Heck, as you can see, ALREADY there are more posts about that issue than the 
other issues I mentioned. This list loves flamewars - trolls (like you) 
abound. I just wanted to take a day off and fix my system, ya know?

On one hand you claim I'm a troll, on the other, you attack me for not wanted 
to engage in another flamewar at this time. I don't consider rehashing 
threads "serious discussion." However, if you really want me to, I can bring 
this issue up again LATER - and hash it out again.

The bottom line is that there is absolutely no way that I could be convinced 
to run this system another way - and I realize that most others on this list 
feel the same about how they run their systems. Let it be.


I am still hoping that one or more of the issues can be resolved.
I will start other threads for it.
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