On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 11:54:43PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Branden> That's not allowed; if you oppose the GR, you're supposed to > Branden> pretend the Social Contract doesn't exist. :-P [...] > Humour does not have to be at the expense of other > people. It strains my credulity the above-quoted remark of mine is personally hurtful to *anyone*. It doesn't even presume anyone's actual position, it simply constructs a fictitious party line to which no one may actually subscribe. > Especially humor at the expense of people who happen not to > share your views really looks like something with an agenda. An agenda for what? Supporting the proposed GR? Kind of the nature of the beast when making a joke about opponents of the GR, isn't it? Is the ":-P" emoticon insufficient to mark the preceding statment as the grumblings of a crotchety old grump, not to be taken completely seriously? > I suppose you take your position so seriously that any tool to > demolish your opposition is acceptable, This is a worse accusation than any I've made against any opponent of the proposed GR, even in jest. Accusing people of "ends-justify-any-means" thinking is not very far away from the sort of remark that invokes Godwin. ...which is not a problem in my book if one can tell that the utterance is unserious. However, you seem to leveling your charges with complete sincerity. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. > but this kind of scorched earth tactics do not leave things amenable > to people finding it pleasant to work with you. If the above is not meant as humor, then you are engaging in the very practice of personal attack you claim to find abhorrent. "Scorched earth tactics?" From a *joke*?! The mind boggles. Is it your complaint that you are unable to recognize my jokes when you see them? > However, I am in no position to tell you how to conduct > yourself, and thus, after stating that these little sarcastic jibes > of yours do have an affect, I am done. [...] > Don't speak harshly to anyone. If you do people will speak to you in > the same way. Harsh words are painful and their retaliation will hurt > you. 133 Well, you've just done so to me, where have I done so to you? -- G. Branden Robinson | Measure with micrometer, Debian GNU/Linux | mark with chalk, branden@debian.org | cut with axe, http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | hope like hell.
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