On Sb, 24 oct 20, 03:46:20, Leslie Rhorer wrote: > > On 10/17/2020 1:59 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > This could be understood that in your opinion it is ok to be rude to a > > person unless that person has somehow earned your respect. > > > > Is this what you meant? > > It is neither what I said, nor what should properly be inferred from it. > As I already mentioned, there is a difference between rudeness and > disrespect. There is also a big difference between not respecting someone > and being either rude or disrespectful to them. I am not quite sure it is > really ever OK to be rude. I know it is never acceptable to engage in > puerile behavior such as name-calling or ad hominem attacks. > > It is also a very different thing to reserve one's respect and one's > opinions until someone has proven themselves than from engaging in a > gratuitous, unprovoked verbal attack. Please do not attempt to extrapolate > from my statements beyond reasonable logical boundaries. For one thing, it > is rude to do so. (But not necessarily disrespectful.) I'm quite certain at least part of this huge discussion is caused by misunderstandings. This is my attempt to clarify at least some of it. Apparently I failed. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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