Gervase Markham schrieb:
On 08/01/15 00:51, Robert Kaiser wrote:
IMHO, anything where you say some*one* is wrong as a person should not
happen at Mozilla. People have different views and they are right in
what they say according to those views, even if other people disagree,
which is fine. "I don't agree with you" is good, "you are wrong" is bad.
What is the difference?
The main difference is that "you are wrong" sounds like "you are a wrong
person" or "something is wrong with who you are", even more to someone
who is not an English native speaker.
And as I tried to explain, very often, everyone is actually right from
their own point of view - even if you have a different point of view.
In cases where it's not a matter of belief and you can objectively proof
or show data that draws a clear picture, I guess "what you say is wrong"
is fine to say - but "you are wrong" still sounds like a personal attack
to many people (even if it's a normal phrase in English and not meant to
be an attack).
On matters of belief (like religion, or which
editor/desktop/OS/country/etc. is "the best") it's a good idea to not
even use words like "right" or "wrong" at all and phrase it in a way
that makes clear that it's personal beliefs/opinions/views and you
respect that others might disagree and there's nothing wrong with that.
I know, makes it harder to "evangelize" but has the advantage of
respecting the others and their freedom of opinion.
KaiRo
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