On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 02:58:02PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> Personally, I find swearing much less offensive than making things so
> personal that you title threads with things like "Serious problems with
> Mr Troup" or "Why Anthony Towns is wrong". But you don't seem interested
> in doing anything about that, so why should anyone else be interested
> in addressing your concerns?
On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 09:37:52PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> Would you have preferred me to say "Why Anthony Towns's Arguments are
> Incorrect"? If so, then I apologize, and I'll use the latter instead.
You've got a bad habit of missing the point made in an email, then
trimming it so that no one else can see the point either.
My complaint was that you're making things personal; changing your
phrasing in the way you suggest does nothing to alleviate that. If
you're interested in having a useful debate, argue on the _topic_,
not about the person advancing an opposing argument.
Cheers,
aj
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Linux.conf.au 2004 -- Because we could.
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