Subj : Nodelist Flags
To : Paul Hayton
From : Oli
Date : Sun May 31 2020 08:53 am
Paul wrote (2020-05-31):
PH> On 30 May 2020 at 01:33p, Wilfred van Velzen pondered and said...
PH>>> by definition a user flag allows for anything the user wants
PH>>> to defin
Wv>> So, userflags like: U,TRUMP_IS_SUCH_A_NICE_MAN would be ok for you?
PH> Disappointed to read this because it attempts to politicize a thread
Now we're being haunted by the don't "politicize" nonsense in Fidonet too?
PH> where
PH> the intent was to seek understanding about nodelist flags by asking
PH> questions. Beyond this reply I am not going to respond to your line of
PH> questioning if they are going to be framed like this.
Let's reframe it:
if
"a user flag allows for anything the user wants to define"
then
a user flag could carry a politicized message
if
a user flag could carry a politicized message
then
put whatever you want in the user flag
else
what does "a user flag allows for anything the user wants to define" actually mean?
