Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 17:11:17 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: DJ Delorie <dj>
Cc: tvujec AT fly DOT cc DOT etf DOT hr, djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: Sometimes ...


On Thu, 3 Aug 1995, DJ Delorie wrote:

> How do we keep the quality up?  There are a few ways:
> 
>   Don't respond to flames or spams by posting to the newsgroup.  Keep it
>   private.  Using the newsgroup to respond only degrades quality even
>   more.

I've considered that option in the past, then decided against it.  The 
problem is that, unfortunately, in our imperfect world somebody will 
answer the flame publicly anyway, perhaps with more flames.  So I thought 
if a reply to the flamer could be posted which calms things down and 
redirects the discussion to more constructive tone, those additional 
flames could be avoided.  I don't know if it actually works, but I sure 
try...

I can only say ``Hear-hear!'' to DJ's other recommendations.