On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 12:43:25PM +1100, David wrote: > Hi tomas, > > Thanks for your message, I understand your points. Thanks :) [...] > To briefly respond to other points: > > > flame war > > I'm a pacifist. thanks, again :) > > consider responding off-list to be less offending > > It's public business about our community. Better to do that in the > sunlight than in the shadows IMHO. Well, while I do agree with your original point (I myself went into a bit of reflection to find something better than just "guys"), I'd just consider that my interlocutor might feel such a response as being scalded in public, which ain't nice. Therefore, in such cases I'd much prefer to resort to secret diplomacy first. "But I have been very polite" -- take into account that this is a huge mailing list with people from various corners of the planet, whose feelings may be very different from yours... Of course that'd be different if someone is obviously trolling. Cheers -- tomás
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