And in your quest to keep the list professional and make it seem like a friendly place you opted to refer to Brian as a butthead. Nicely done.
Not for nothing, but whether it was warranted or not, it was very rude. Pot... meet kettle. On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 8:26 AM, Eric Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My point is that if you are not going to be nice about your response, and > you wish to respond in that manner, then either don't respond or respond > privately. I wasn't following the thread nor do I remember any of the posts > Erik has made, but if you were to look at Brian's posting, that would give > the impression that this is an unfriendly list and might scare away newbies > that would other gain a lot of knowledge from the guru's here. That has > nothing to do with how much one has contributed to the community or not but > rather how this list appears to a new person. Whether it was warranted or > not, I thought Brian's response was very rude. I do appreciate Brain's > contributions and I have learned a lot from his posts, but that doesn't > excuse being rude to someone asking a question in a professional community. > If this wasn't a professional community I would say fire up the flame > throwers...I enjoy a good argument as much as the next guy, but this just > isn't an appropriate place for it. We also don't know whatever resources he > access to as far as books or what his level of proficiency is. When we > first got started, I bet many of us asked the same questions in our effort > to learn. > > Eric > > /*-----Original Message----- > /*From: Gerald Guido [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > /*Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 4:15 PM > /*To: CF-Talk > /*Subject: Re: do not increase counter is returns 0 > /* > /*True. I have wondered that too. I actually thought the same thing right > /*after I sent the email. I don't want to chase off ppl either. > /* > /* > /*On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Mark Kruger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > /*wrote: > /* > /*> Gerald, > /*> > /*> Regarding grammar and writing skill (and forgive me because I don't know > /*> this) but is it possible there is a language barrier here? The subject > /*line > /*> above reminds me of someone for whom English is possibly a second > /*language. > /*> I don't know Erick but I certainly don't want to chase people away from > /*the > /*> community on the basis of grammar if they already know (at least) one > /*more > /*> language than I do :) > /*> > /*> -Mark > /*> > /*> Mark A. Kruger, CFG, MCSE > /*> (402) 408-3733 ext 105 > /*> www.cfwebtools.com > /*> www.coldfusionmuse.com > /*> www.necfug.com > /*> > /*> > /* > /*-- > /*"The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to > /*discover new ways of thinking about them." > /*- Sir William Bragg > /* > /* > /* > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:306814 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
