[OpenID] Google's proprietary discovery extension?

[SitG Admin]

>Most people frustrated with this forum simply move on.

Again, words that could be taken as inciteful - to be more active in 
another forum when quiet in this one does not mean anyone has decided 
to "move on", nor that they are frustrated with this one. Those 
implications are separate; someone may express frustration openly 
within (and at) this forum, then become active in another, without 
intending to cease their activities here.

If you have evidence on the numbers of people frustrated with this 
forum, and can show that they meant to leave for good - then by all 
means, word it in such a way! But without that, your statements are 
stronger than the situation deserves. Do you remember when you kept 
steadily insisting that E-mail addresses were absolutely mandatory 
for OpenID to work even as some of us disagreed and asked what proof 
you had? You should apply the same standard to statements made about 
the political landscape here - as should we all, of course, but I 
don't recall anyone other than Peter describing politics over the 
long term of this list, and the assertive elements of those posts 
have, overall, seemed more like historical notes to me than a 
definition of current events.

As you noted earlier, it's easier to TALK about getting along than to 
actually do so. It's easier to do so if we presume that most (if not 
all) of the other people here are trying to cooperate with us. Before 
we start talking about NOT getting along (speaking as if that 
cooperative attitude has evaporated), we might pause to consider 
whether our words are going to facilitate that very situation - 
because, if so, we can actively support the real situation of 
"getting along" by not speaking as if it isn't so.

-Shade