On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 00:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As a non-native speaker:
*please* tell me (us?) (private mail probably is more appropriate)
when the sound of a mail is hostile or antagonistic. Only then we do
have a chance to avoid this in the future.
I second that.
Sincerely,
Adam D. Moss wrote:
Guys and gals,
Would people please simply think a bit about the tone of their
emails before posting?
It seems that gimp-developer is increasingly perceived as a
hostile, rude, or elitist mailing list, and some small effort
on the part of posters would help to alleviate this
On Sun, 17 Aug 2003, Carol Spears wrote:
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 09:41:49 -0400
From: Carol Spears [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Gimp-developer] Manners.
Adam D. Moss wrote:
Guys and gals,
Would people please simply think a bit about
i learned in my Resident Advisor class that if you ask an american why
we get all jumpy and weird and sometimes very very what we like to call
defensive.
I think this was cruel, thoughtless and wrong; and have been suffering
greatly from it the last 20+ years.
Why would anyone say that?
Guys and gals,
Would people please simply think a bit about the tone of their
emails before posting?
It seems that gimp-developer is increasingly perceived as a
hostile, rude, or elitist mailing list, and some small effort
on the part of posters would help to alleviate this enormously.
Making
Adam D. Moss ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Conversely, it would help if people were also slower to take
offense. :) It's easy to forget that many if not most of
the people here are not native English speakers and might not
be able to easily gauge how antagonistic their posts
consistantly
