On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:07 AM, Chris Stoner <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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. > i was thinking the exact same thing when I was reading J's post.....well stated. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:335626 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
