complete agreement with Rich on my part.
On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Rich Kulawiec <r...@gsp.org> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 09, 2013 at 09:45:31AM -0400, Nadim Kobeissi wrote: > > I don't agree with x z (and rather agree with you), but I'm really tired > of just how aggressive and rude you always are on Libtech. > > First: you've got to be kidding. I've never seen a single message on > this list that goes past about 2 on a 10 scale. (Not that I'd mind > seeing things that go higher: I really do enjoy quality flamage.) > > Second: stupidity, in all forms, fully deserves to be slapped down -- > hard. I expect that if I say something stupid here (and if I haven't > already, eventually I will) that I'll get hammered for it. Good. > I should be. Because I would rather endure the pummelling and the > possible embarassment than persist in being wrong. (Or worse, > making someone else be wrong too because they think I'm right when > I'm most certainly not.) > > Third: anyone who can't handle the exceedingly gentle discussions here > (which are, generally speaking, held between people who are *all on the > same side*, at least in a philosophical sense), is really, really not > up to the task of "liberating" anything. Because doing so will require > going up against people who will do far more than just type a few mildly > caustic words in an email message from time to time. > > Jacob's contributions here are among the most cogent and useful. I don't > care how "aggressive" and "rude" he is (and I don't think he is at all, > by the way), I care if he's right -- and he has an excellent track record > of being so. > > ---rsk > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > -- David Golumbia dgolum...@gmail.com
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