Rita and panic political posting

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rslade () sprint ca>]

Date sent:              Fri, 23 Sep 2005 02:45:14 +0200
From:                   Pierre Vandevenne <pierre () datarescue com>

> While I don't necessarily disagree with you, isn't that list supposed
> to be fun and related to IT security?

Well, that's the theory.  However, I haven't noticed an overabundance of funny 
security stories, to date.  Most of what has gone on here has tended to be opinion, 
of one type or another.

Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.  On any given list, most of what comes 
through doesn't interest me, and I have a special key on my computer to deal with 
that.  And lots of what comes through on funsec has been useful, one way or 
another.

> Posts about the price of
> gasoline, Fat Aunt Eunice and her Hummer, etc will unavoidably lead to
> heated political discussions which should, imho, be avoided here.

Maybe, but that's primarily a danger if we insist on "correcting" each other.  If we 
can throw things out without too much concern, reply to what interests us, and 
ignore the rest, I'd say that funsec will have more than fulfilled its recreational 
purpose.

> Maybe Gadi could create "globalpolsec" or something like that?

"Steamvent"?  "Safetyvalve"?

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