the "please" distributes to both clauses and the difference is a matter of style rather than substance. job's point is sound and correct. please try to respect his firm suggestion. thanks, t On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 9:03 PM, Scott Weeks <surfer@mauigateway.com> wrote:

--- job@instituut.net wrote: People - please just stop the off topic chatter. It is ludicrous that a thread about bgp hijacks morphed into font discussions.

Either contribute to the operational issue at hand by evaluating your terms & conditions (or abuse policies) and applying them to your operations, or remain silent. -------------------------------------

While I have to agree with what you said in the first paragraph (there was too much of off topic chatter on this thread), I disagree with the second paragraph. You are not the King of NANOG where you can demand folks contribute in the manner you expect or "remain silent". The "Please" is acceptable and we'd likely all comply. The "remain silent" demand is not and it's likely to not gain compliance.

scott