In any which way 'public ridicule' should not be tolerated.
If it is unreasonable posting, just say so but do not ridicule
someone publicly.
Jamie Wilkinson wrote:
This one time, at band camp, Ben de Luca wrote:
On 21/01/2005, at 2:39 PM, Jamie Wilkinson wrote:
This one time, at band camp, O Plameras wrote:
Does this list-service tolerate 'public ridicule' to a
reasonable comment ?
Depends on how you define your "reasonable comment".
I think this is a reference to my email that answered the question jeff
asked me? If I was unreasonable in that email can you please explain
what was unreasonable?
I think that posting for sale ads on the main SLUG list is unreasonable. I
think that replying to those for sale ads with suggestions that the seller
is out of their mind is also unreasonable. Those I can live with, because
they're drops in the river compared to the "my browser doesn't work on my
banks website" that we see so frequently.
I think that your email that "answered the question" that Jeff asked you was
unreasonable because your comment was subjective opinion, and carried no
supporting evidence.
Let's look at it:
"Yes its interesting hardware but computers are worthless 2nd hand."
With that statement in mind I presume you find the efforts of organisations
such as Computerbank totally useless, or even nonexistent.
Then you go on to say:
"But really I guess its worth what people will pay, As much as might of
wanted it, I wont pay $2500 though."
Now earlier I picked on you for your terrible grammar, and I'm sorry,
because it's clear what you meant. However you're acknowledging that a 2nd
hand computer has value, which goes in direct contradiction with what you
said before.
So if Jeff then decides to reply with public ridicule because you're not
being self consistent, then I believe his motives are correct, even if his
methods are unpopular.
So no, I don't think your comment was reasonable.
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