You know, coming from a person who reads a lot of this list without getting involved in the discussion very often, I can say that Sam didn't start off as abrasive as he is now. His views have always been opposite that of the majority of the list but when he started posting, I would say he was more often then not the, the one being greeted by absurd rudeness. Early on, between Dana and Larry (and less so, a few others at the time), anything Sam said was met with vitriol that is only tolerated by a group of like minded folks.
That being said, over the years Sam has become a characterture of exactly what he was accused of being. From my observation it seems that he simply stopped trying to talk and started trying to win, irritate and I'm not exactly sure what else. Don't take this to mean that I agree with what he says or how he says it, but just that his current posting style is as much a result of the list's mob mentality at the time of his joining as it is to his behavior at that time. On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 7:57 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I can totally see that. I've found that reading his posts does > unhealthy things to my blood pressure, so I leave them alone for the > most part. There are plenty of other folks on the list with whom I > have interesting disagreements. My disagreements with Sam are rarely > interesting and his volume of posting is large. Just a personal mental > health thing. > > Cheers, > Judah > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:335625 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
