On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Faustus von Goethe wrote:
> Alec, how come the only time you ever post is to start inane convoluted
> arguments about who said what 10, 20, and 50 e-mails ago in the thread? And
> how come you always say:
>
> "its a matter of opinion, why don't we agree to disagree..."
>
> ... right after telling the whole world that YOUR opinion is that the other
> person's "opinion" is "bullshit"? It's a cheap, childish tactic, and I've
> seen you do it OVER and OVER again.
>
> It *IS* a matter of opinion, and my "opinion" is that you are just looking
> for a fight.
>
> That's my opinion. Let's just agree to disagree.
To put it simply, I don't do this. You constantly respond to my posts by
making statements which have nothing to do with my post; call me names;
and don't bother to follow the line of argumentation in the thread to
which I'm responding to. My original post in this series was an
re-explanation of one of Steve Weick's (sp) posts that someone had
responded to and had quite obviously mis-read. You then responded to my
posts, once again twisting it's subject into what you wanted to talk about
and in fact again implying that I had asserted something about you. When
you do this it becomes necessary to clarify that you are not following the
discussion and are mis-characterizing my posts.
The real question is why do you (Faust) only care to respond to small
parts of my posts which are clearly opinion and ignore anything resembling
the topic being discussed. I didn't start this thread; I didn't respond
to anything you said when I joined this thread; yet you seem to think I'm
somehow always responding to you. If anyone should grow-up, perhaps it
should be the person who has already told me in private e-mail that he
intentionally attempts to goad people (especially Ryan and lawyer
types) into posting on topics. If anyone is "looking for a fight" it
would appear to be you.
You were the one who twisted my accurate statement that if "a compiler
inaccurately compiles OGC material they can and will be stopped by the
original publisher" into the "no one wins in a lawsuit" opinion. So it
was you Faust who brought this purely opinion issue into the matter. I
responded to it with minimal discussion, articulating why I hold a
differing opinion yet admitting that it was an opinion and you are
perfectly capable of holding a different view. The post then went on to
explain why the two primariy example you've provided to illustrate your
opinion that publishers benefit from assisting a good database project
(such as you intend to make) aren't valid arguments. This isn't really a
matter of opinion as it is a matter of logical validity. You then decided
not to respond to the argumentation portion of the posts but fixated on
the portion where I essentially said it was fine for you to hold your
opinion about no one winning a lawsuit. Now you've dropped any pretense
of being involved in the thread this sprang from and have merely decided
to start name-calling. Fine, I now remember why I started simply deleting
your messages without reading them and I will start doing so again.
alec
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