----- Original Message ----- From: "Ritu Ko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 10:53 PM Subject: RE: Question for everyone
> > > J. van Baardwijk wrote: > > > >As for what I said, well, personal attacks doesn't ever let > > anyone 'win' > > >an argument/discussion. So I fail to see what the big deal is. > > > > Those personal attacks tend to have quite a lot of effect on > > the list as a > > whole -- and not exactly a positive effect... > > I'll disagree here again. :) > > The personal attacks, in and by themselves, do nothing more than cause a > momentary unpleasantness. The effect on the list is determined by how > the list reacts to these attacks. > > I recently was called some names by a listee. That was one event. In > response, a lot of nice folks here spoke up in my defense. That's > another event. And I think that the negative effects of the former were > more than made up for by the positive effects of the latter. > > Of course, all this is strictly imho. > Well, not to be argumentative, but I think it is impho. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
