On Monday 06 November 2006 17:55, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 02:18:41 +0000 Jason Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > | Yes, I'm also sick of this negative level of civility. If I don't > | preempt it now, I'll likely be told that I'm taking the above two > | quotes out of context > > Which you are, since you removed a large part of my answer and then > used it to claim that my answer was unhelpful. Hint: read all of what I > wrote.
I didn't claim that you were unhelpful; I merely claimed that you weren't civil. In fact, I acknowledged that your responses could be learned from. > | Ciaran's analogies are always outrageous, condescending and greatly > | accentuated. > > And a lot of people find them a pleasant change from the usual lack of > style and humour exhibited on this list. Effective technical writing > does not have to be boring. Sure, but others just find them to be uncivil personal attacks. > | Specifically, his intention is never to help the person > | he is replying to, but rather to show them that they are wrong. > > The person is irrelevant. What matters is whether someone looks at a > proposed incorrect solution and uses it. > > | He believes that is purely up to the person that he is replying to > | whether they learn from it or not. > > Well yes. What is this, nursery school? Keep these two points in mind. > | discussing it further won't help any. > > But you still felt the need to try to throw in a cheap shot full of > personal attacks. Right. My intention was only to present the facts as I see them so as to reassure Ryan Hill that he is not alone. I can understand why you might take offense, but I was no more throwing in "a cheap shot full of personal attacks" than you do with your analogies. I thought that there might be a slim chance that you'd learn from what I said, but I left that decision up to you - after all, this isn't nursery school. -- Jason Stubbs -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
