On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 05:53:14PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 16:59:59 +1000, Martin Pool <mbp@sourcefrog.net> said:
> > For example, at least two people called Hans a troll. An upstream
> > author expressing concern about the way their code is packaged is
> > not trolling (i.e. making random arguments just to provoke flames.)
> I find it interesting that you consider a public accusation of
> plagiarism to be merely "expressing concern". However, I also find
> your judgment in this horribly tainted, which leads me to place less
> credence in the rest of your argument, sorry.
What's that last sentence mean? I can only think of two interpretations:
I don't like you, therefore I think your arguments are wrong.
or
I don't like your conclusion, therefore I think your arguments are
wrong.
Both make for inappropriately fallacious and prejudiced reasoning.
Also, given the degree of hyperbole from developers on -devel, I
don't think it's fair to take cries of "plagiarism" as being anything
particularly out of line.
Cheers,
aj
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