The Aikido FAQ

• Home
  • Introduction to Aikido
  • The History of Aikido
  • Miscellaneous
  • Health & Injuries
  • The Aikido Dojo Guide
  • Aikido Practice
  • An Aikido Dictionary
  • Stories & Anecdotes
  • O Sensei's teachings
  • The Philosophy of Aikido
  • Interviews
  • Essays & Articles
  • Multimedia
  • How to make ...
  • Aikido Humor
  • The Aikido Songbook
  • The Aikido-L FAQ
  • Related FAQ's
  • Other Aikido Net Sources
• The Aikido-L Mailinglist
  • Email lists and discussion groups
  • General behavior on mailinglists (Netiquette)
  • The Art of Flaming
  • Said about Aikido-L
  • The Aikido-L Whiners' Advisement
  • The Aiki-Fruitie FAQ
  • Why there's no Aikido chat on the net
  • The Aikido-L Bad Novel
  • Testing requirements for the Aikido-L mailing list
  • Nobody expects an Aikido-L War
  • Top 10 list of ways not to be an Aikido-L lurker

The Aikido-L Whiners' Advisement

by Ivan Vasilev

(this is a standard message posted infrequently when the need arises)

Dear whiner,

You have whined about Aikido-L - quality of posts, quantity of posts, content of posts, character of posters, etc. You have threatened to unscubscribe.

You're not the first and you're not gonna be the last to do so. The world is full of whiners, not unlike a duck with warm shit. You follow the fine tradition of bitching without contributing and we follow the fine traditions of putting up with your crap and ignoring you. The List has existed in its original form, feel and content for years. If we didn't like it the way it is, we wouldn't have it that way. If you wanna make your own list, that's fine. If you wanna make your own newsgroup, that's fine too. But if you're gonna pollute *this* List with messages against pollution, you're pissing against the wind.

Don't whine! Shut up!