What I would say is, you're right, every one of us screws up from time to time. We screw up again when we don't admit it, attack our attackers, and forget that everyone else is a person who deserves some respect. This is a hard lesson for programmers sometimes.
That being said, I hope I did not come off as brash or offensive. M -----Original Message----- From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 2:38 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: RedSky discussions Well, at least /something/ good came out of it. Thank you for that. I consider that a wonderful compliment. I know I screw up from time to time. Everyone does. I do my best to accept it with grace when I do, and wish to hell everyone else did as well. :-) Maybe if everyone offered positive feedback like this..... -- Ben Doom Programmer & General Lackey Moonbow Software, Inc : -----Original Message----- : From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 2:31 PM : To: CF-Community : Subject: RE: RedSky discussions : : : Ben, that was the most graceful acceptance of reality I have ever : encountered on this list. : : You are a great man, and have earned my respect. : : M : : -----Original Message----- : From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 2:23 PM : To: CF-Community : Subject: RE: RedSky discussions : : : : I know you didn't start the thread. I know you didn't start the thread. : : /me looks sheepish : I actually didn't mean to type that twice. I got interrupted just after I : started typing, and you know how that goes. : : : The problem I see is with talking about how you are sick of : people talking : : about something. By talking about it on an open forum, you : become part of : : the very problem you are complaining about. You are opening up : : more avenues : : for conversation about the subject, thereby further aggravating : : the problem. : : Okay. I can accept that. I admit that in my irritation I missed the fact : that I was contributing. I'm a little grumpy today -- please try : to forgive : me. : : : As far as you not wanting to see these big threads about NDAs / betas / : : etc., just don't read the thread. I ignore lots of threads posted : : by people : : on this list that go on for days and hundreds of posts because : I find them : : disinteresting. You should feel free to ignore them just the same. : : I didn't read the thread once I realized where it was going. Part of my : irritation was that I tend to check my email when it beeps "new mail!" at : me, and I was tired of /all/ of them being irrelevant and OT. : I've just got : my nose out of joint. I wouldn't have been so irritated if they : had done it : on Community, or CF-Macromedia, or CF-OT, or anywhere it would : have been at : least not off topic. : : : I'm sorry if I said anything to offend, but that's not what I : : intended. You : : I guess I'm just easily offended today. Sorry I got my dander up. : : : didn't do anything wrong, you just added to the problem you were : : complaining : : about. And you seem completely unaware of the fact you are doing so, or : : convinced you could not be doing that because the thread is now : about your : : innermost feelings about a subject instead of the subject : itself (which is : : just splitting hairs, since many people are casual email : readers at best). : : Yeah, I was completely unaware of my own complicity in the evils I was : bashing on. I deserved to get called on it. Thanks, I think. :-) : : --BenD : : : : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
