Common implies that you are civil. As long as you continue to hold me and my colleagues in contempt, you are not being civil.
Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Deckler Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 8:29 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5 All I was doing by responding was to attempt to get back to a common ground of civility. > Honestly I wasn't trying to get in a fight. Getting into an internet > fight is like the special Olympics, even if you win, you're still > retarded. My point was that if you truly were "over it" you wouldn't > have had the need to fell like you had respond. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Deckler > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 4:57 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5 > > Here's a perfect example of people picking fights just to pick fights. > Let me break this down for you. > 1. I posted a question to a community that is supposedly there to help > one and all, a community I helped build 2. I get a rude reply from Ed > 3. I brush this off and simply tell Ed to play nice 4. I get another, > even ruder reply 5. I post a reply back asking why the continued rude > behavior. I posted this because I honestly don't know what the problem > is and am interested in at least achieving a civil relationship > between Ed and I. We don't have to be buddies, but we can at least be > civil. Yes, I have moved on from our differences of opinion, it is not > anything that I am losing sleep over, believe me. But this does not > somehow mean that I cannot extend an offer of civility. > > The real question is why wouldn't I respond to rude behavior with an > offer of civility? I try to find some middle ground of civility and > all you want to do is fight and nit-pick over words and try to make > trouble. That's too bad, I guess no good deed goes unpunished. > > > "Why a difference of opinion on a single subject causes you to > > continually complain and be rude is beyond my ability to comprehend. > > I would prefer if you found it within yourself to get over it, move > > on and be civil. I have." > > > > I just have one question about this. If you've moved on, then why > > did you feel the need to respond? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg > > Deckler > > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 8:55 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5 > > > > > > Yes, I have a fundamental, philosophical problem with the MVP program. > > Regardless of any direct compensation in the form of nik naks, etc. > > the bestowing of honorary titles is a perk and is more valuable to > > some than a monetary reward. Hence, in my opinion, it is a conflict > > of interest and not something that professional IT personnel should > > engage in. At one point back around the 1996/1997 timeframe I was > > offered MVP status and turned it down because of this. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode > =&lang > =english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
