On Sun, 2010-07-04 at 17:39 +0530, Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) wrote:
This list is meant for the discussion of Free Software in relationship to India. Any other subject, however "worthy", is off-topic here.
And don't forget, your idea of worth differs from mine, as mine does from other peoples'.
I fully agree with you. But the post in question was more in the nature of a request to support a cause that should be of interest to all Indians. Specifically, it was not a post for initiating a discussion on a topic. It is possible that some of us may have never heard of this matter from another source. To that extent, I guess, we can let it go. Perhaps, an [OT] label would have been appropriate. This is not to say that people campaigning for anything can post such requests to this list. But, I guess, an occasional such post on some matter of public interest can be tolerated.
Regards Sasi