Erik Reuter wrote: >On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 01:51:35PM -0400, Jim Sharkey wrote: > >>don't give the "Don't read it if you don't like it" speech; > >So, you are telling me what I should do, rather than just ignoring >something that you find upsetting? Don't give me your "I am sooooo >injured by some emails" speech. Doctor, it hurts when I do this. So >don't do it! This is an email list, not real life, you can easily >not do it.
Hrm, yes, so it's perfectly all right for you to tell me to ignore a thread rather than comment on it, exercising that freedom of speech you hold so dear? Is it only your right to be abrasive that should be respected, not others' rights to call you on it? >>willingness to publicly tell anyone that doesn't like the way you >>are pursuing your little game with Jeroen here to essentially go >>f--k themselves demonstrates an unfortunate amount of disrespect >>for everyone else. > >So every time that you say something that upsets someone, you are >demonstrating disrepect for everyone else? Maybe you should stop >talking then? That is not what I said. I said that in essence telling anyone who has expressed dissatisfaction with your behavior to kiss your ass is disrespectful. It demonstrates that you find their feelings, and by extension, the people themselves, irrelevant. > >>That they should simply ignore you, when you clearly don't give one >>rat's ass what they think? > > Yes. But if you don't care what they think, why should you care if they bitch or not? Why not just take your own advice and ignore them? Why bother telling them to ignore you, if their discomfort means nothing to you? It doesn't seem logical or consistent to me. Jim ------------------------------------------------ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!
