On 7/6/05, Brian Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wow, this is shockingly lame. Like amazingly lame. To mess with someone's > livlihood because you think they are an jerk is inexcusable. >
Keep in mind that, if Mark indeed did get fired (he has *no* credibility with me, so I don't believe anything he says without corroboration) then he has only himself, and his own behavior, to blame. Acting the way he does, on a public mailing list (which is certainly accessible to his boss whether or not someone points him at it) is incredibly stupid, and doing so from his employer's email system is way beyond stupid -- and it was only a matter of time before he got called on it. I didn't forward the email trail, but I can absolutely understand Niall's frustration with the behavior of an idiot. I'll take Niall with one "fit of frustration" lapse *any* day over several of the people that think the Struts user mailing list is their private playground to have a "I can be more outrageous and infantile than you can" pissing contest. The next time around, I'm going to be inclined to ban people soon after a spate of continuous crap like this (assuming requests to change behavior don't work). It's a losing battle against a determined jerk (because its easy to just get a new address) -- but (since Mark got it wrong yet again) -- I didn't ban him, but I would not complain if one of the other mailing list moderators had (they didn't ban his gmail address, or you wouldn't have been able to see his latest comment). Actually, as I told him, it would suit me just fine if he simply went away. I know there are a few people here who find Mark to be funny (I'm *not* a part of that group). That's fine ... it's a free world ... but please go find him funny somewhere else. There are ***lots*** of people who find him annoying and disruptive instead of helpful -- and, to the extent that this behavior encourages others to leave the list, it harms the Struts community as a whole. Craig McClanahan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
