On Mon 02 Nov 2015 at 22:15:10 +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 02 November 2015 19:58:51 Brian wrote: > > Your argument appears to be based on the state of a person's eyesight. > > It also makes assertions about the state of mine. This is out of line; > > you have no knowledge about the state of my sight (and never will). > > I said "would appear". I was very careful in my choice of words. I have a > blind friend who can "read" at a phenomenal speed.
The form of words doesn't matter. It is out of place and unhelpful to comment on the physical capabilities of a participant on a list of this nature, especially as a way of countering a argument. To repeat: you have no knowledge of how easy or hard I find reading a computer screen to be or the speed I do it with. "would appear" are weasel words to cover this lack of knowledge. > It is out of line to be as judgemental as you are of others. What you can do > easily everyone else must do, or be dismissed, and no allowances must be > made. We are not all the same. You have abilities which some others do not > have. I can wiggle both my ears at the same time. :) > You said "The helpful folks at Debian also produce copious documentation (a > Guide, Release Notes etc).At release time these tend to be up to date and are > much more useful to newcomers" as a reason why aptitude should not be > included. I pointed out that these are not useful to everyone. In fact, to > some of us they are barely useful at all. What is written has been written. Others can judge it in the context of the mail it replied to.
