On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 09:49 -0400, Chad Smith wrote:
> I am "out of step with the views of the great majority". Hmm... Well I haven't noticed people rushing to defend you. Most seem to have just killfiled you. Trying to justify your position with arguments about minorities isn't going to get anywhere. While you remain in denial you will remain a target for others to retaliate to your trolls. You say it upsets you but you show no signs of doing anything to change the situation. If you can't distinguish between the situations where minority views are acceptable and tolerated and those where they are seen as disloyal and unacceptable there really is no hope. > You know, not long ago the view of the great majority was that the > world was flat and the sun revolved around it. The Majority isn't > always right. This is typical. The implication is that you are some sort of innovative genius who knows better than a lot of very experienced and well-read people. It just has no credibility when you post silly things and write 50 lines when you could say it in 5. Try and sit back and learn a bit before diving in. There is an expression that fits here. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. > But basically, since I'm "different" I either have to change or leave. > Doesn't sound like a very "enlightened" or "tolerant" to me. Arguing that ODF is of no value on an OOo marketing list is the equivalent of saying education is worthless on a list full of teachers and then moaning they are intolerant of minorities when they then give you short shrift. Being different is one thing, being deliberately provocative in both the tone and content of what you post is just being anti-social not being different. I assume you think that we should be tolerant of drunken yobs that terrify old people because they are different? Being anti-social is an unacceptable difference and if it persists the solution is to remove the behaviour from the society. I'm sure you understand the concept of prisons and why they are necessary. > Thanks for showing your true colors, Ian. I don't have the problem of being seen as anti-social and disrubtive among most of my peers. You do, at least on these lists. That is why I say its your problem and the longer you deny it the more difficult life will be. You probably thing this is hurtful, but the fact is I'm trying to help you. If I don't say it someone else will or there will come a point where the moderator just bans you or you get incinerated by flames every time you post. -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZMSL
