"J. van Baardwijk" wrote:
>
> At 13:54 11-07-2002 -0400, Jim Sharkey wrote:
>
> > >You "don't think so" about what?
> >
> >It's a darn good thing you're not a fish, 'cause you just *can't* resist
> >the bait.
>
> That definitely must be related to me being an old guy and a long-time
> Brineller. You see, I still remember the days when you were supposed to
> back claims with proof. Back then, making claims without providing proof,
> and refusing to answer questions, was undesired behaviour, and one would
> get criticised for showing such behaviour. (Both on-list and in Real Life.)
>
> Unfortunately, the overwhelming lack of criticism of Erik's behaviour seems
> to indicate that I am the only one who remembers that. Or at least, the
> only one who still cares about what used to be list values.
>
> So, I will keep insisting, till I either get the proof and answers I want,
> or get a message from the listserver, informing me that Erik has become an
> ex-Brineller.
>
> If we have sunk so low that people like Erik can attack people and get away
> with it, we are doomed. So, List, are we going to keep up our old
> standards, or are we going to let Brin-L become a safe haven for ranters,
> flamers and other scum?
Erik's been around longer than you have, BTW. I'm just wondering if
he's going to make a comment to anyone about the Good Old Days Before
Jeroen or something like that. (It's not his style, so I doubt it, but
there is always that possibility.)
I think (but I'm not sure) that right now he's yanking your chain, and
you're the only person who hasn't gotten that that's what he's doing.
And he's not the only one around here who hasn't answered all of
someone's questions to their satisfaction, either.
I'd recommend just dropping it. Every post you make on this thread just
makes you look more and more like a stubborn ass (the animal, not the
body part). There *is* honor in walking away from an argument. In
fact, if two parties are not seeing eye to eye on something and
respectfully agree to end the discussion with one another, that's a LOT
more pleasant than taking it to the point where folks are tempted to
take up a collection to buy one or both parties a dead horse (or horses)
and however many bats might be necessary, to let them continue the
activity somewhere other than on-list.
(If you really want to continue, you might consider taking the
discussion off-list and then once some resolution is reached, let the
rest of us know how it turned out.)
Julia
