kriegaex commented on PR #124: URL: https://github.com/apache/xalan-java/pull/124#issuecomment-1820149727
@vlsi, one more note, this one more personal: I am not sure what you think you need to prove to the world or what past experience you are trying to compensate. Everybody with half a brain can see that you are smart, even very smart. So am I, but so what? Being smart does not mean one has to be a _smart ass_. 😉 (Please look up the term, if you are unfamiliar with it, e.g. [here](https://www.google.com/search?q=+smart+ass+definition).) I know it can be difficult to be intelligent and not to come across to others as arrogant. I have been accused of arrogance many times before, just because I said something "smart" in response to others, e.g. pointing out flaws in their reasoning or otherwise correcting mistakes. Some people mistake a quick response for a response without thinking, because they cannot imagine that somebody actually thinks that fast and the response includes eventualities they think you forgot to analyse, even though in fact you already have. Therefore, for people like us, just like for everyone else but even more so, it is important to show a certain degree of patience and never to forget that being right (or believing to be) is no excuse for being curt or unkind. OTOH, if anyone treats us like that, of course we should not simply accept that, which is why I am not accepting it from you. Try to be kind. Not only does it make you a happier person, but from a pure efficiency and also effectiveness point of view it often saves you tons of time, e.g. the time we have spent here already for our flame war, and gets you what you desire more quickly and easily. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@xalan.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@xalan.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@xalan.apache.org
