Saturday, 25 February 2006 17:38, Andrew Cady wrote: > On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 04:52:25PM +0800, Alex Nordstrom wrote: > > (CCing you because you request it.) > > Did not. (No bother). From the headers of your messages: Mail-Followup-To: Andrew Cady <d@jerkface.net>, debian-user@lists.debian.org > > That is not the purpose of this list. > > Nor is this. Discussions regarding the appropriate conduct of the list, whilst secondary to its purpose, are best held in an open manner. The same cannot be said for exercises in haughtiness. You are certainly not the only one to find the OP quite rude. I believe, however, that the best response to rudeness is to rise above the offender and meet him with tolerance. (Before you attempt once again to turn my own arguments against me, I should state that tolerance cannot reasonably be expected to extend to intolerance itself. Hopefully, the distinction between intolerance and rudeness is not too subtle.) Where appropriate, one should point out any rude statements in a calm and direct fashion, explaining why they are considered as such (many new users simply fail to fully realise the scope of the volunteer efforts that make Debian possible). This is much more constructive than meeting hostility with hostility. If one is not capable of a tolerant response (and I can certainly sympathise with this), silence is an acceptable alternative. Any other response will reflect poorly on the Debian and Free software communities. (For reasons why we should care about our image, refer to your next tax statement, web server log, or spam folder.) It was quite obvious by the time you responded that the OP is not subscribed to the list. Furthermore, it is also quite obvious that you responded in bad faith for no other purpose than asserting superiority. As such, it served only to make you feel good whilst wasting the time of over 3,000 other subscribers and denigrating the community. In spite of this, you continually fail to accept that you are in the wrong. As I can understand the frustration of the OP's rudeness, this is a bigger concern than the nature of your initial response. -- Alex Nordstrom http://lx.n3.net/ Please do not CC me in followups; I am subscribed to debian-user.
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