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No, I would argue that Mr. St. Hilaire is taking a position which while
quite possibly incorrect is relevant to the thread.  And it certainly
seems that your objection to his voicing his position is based on the
content of that position.  Am I misunderstanding?

On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Richard Rauch wrote:

>> >Stephane: This isn't an appropriate forum for being an MS apologist.  I
>>
>> I don't want to extend this (already pointlessly repetitive thread), but
>> I _do_ think we shouldn't be in the business of telling people that
>> certain _positions_ as opposed to certain _topics_ are not appropriate
>> for our mailing lists.
>
>(shrug) Being an apologist is just drawing fire and spamming the list.
>If you want to split that hair, though, I certainly agree: The _topic_ of
>MS is out of band.  Whether you are for or against MS.
>
>I do not think that I actually took a stance on MS in the message that you
>replied to.  I certainly have an *opinion* on MS, but that's beside the
>matter.
>
>
>> I know of no statement from core barring certain beliefs from these
>> lists.  Someone making an argument may be wrong (and I think in this
>
>I know of no statement that I made suggesting that *beliefs* were barred.
>
>
>  ``I probably don't know what I'm talking about.'' --rauch@math.rice.edu
>

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				Jim Wise
				jwise@draga.com
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