How is Phil's list of the advantages of mailing lists from a phone user (advantages I depend on all the time) an attempt to silence you?

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Phil cotradicting you is not an example of someone not coping with your opinions, unpopular or otherwise.�� Quite the opposite.�� It is an example of rational debate.�� Phil is introducing the benefits he sees from using mailing lists.�� He disagrees with you.�� To me it looks like you who can't cope with his disagreement.�� Instead of addressing his points you post an extremely subjective response.

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Why is free speech necessarily a national issue?�� It is also an issue at smaller and larger scales.�� How is your free speech being impinged upon here?�� You haven't been blocked.�� Tudor gave a reasoned request for you to be more civil, which is not bad advice.�� I myself found your "javascript idiots" shocking, because I can think of no better way of antagonizing the JavaScript community, with which you may have to interact regularly to get help with your project, than writing the entire community off as idiotic.�� Maybe I misunderstood you.

Anyway, I do hope that you can find discussion here more p[roductive and less antagonistic, both in your perceptions and your responses.�� And more importantly I hope you have productive discussions here.�� We all stand to benefit from each other if we can collaborate and assist, and that effort is in my experience always helped by clear and courteous communication, especially when opinions differ strongly.

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