Nope. I likely took the same amount of time as you took to spin your "word of the day" insult. :)
On 7/7/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hope you didn't spend too much time composing this puerile gibberish. > > -Dennis > > > > > Brandon Goodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 07/07/2005 12:52 PM > Please respond to > "Struts Users Mailing List" <user@struts.apache.org> > > > To > Struts Users Mailing List <user@struts.apache.org> > cc > > Subject > Re: banned > > > > > > > See Mark post stupid comments > Seen Mark get fired > Don't be a Mark. > > [End of Story] > > On 7/7/05, Brian Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Good point, assuming that what Mark says is true, that he was fired, > this is > > all bad. > > > > I recognize your need to ban people and if it helps improve the signal > to > > noise ratio on this list, I'm all for it. I also recognize that we are > all > > responsible for what we say here. Both the first time around through > email > > and the second time around in the archives. > > > > But in this instance, Mark doesn't have only himself to blame. Someone > sent > > his comments to his workplace and resulted in him being fired. I've > worked > > will some major jerks over the years who wrote great code, slung great > > servers, etc etc. Just because someone's has unpopular views or is > terribly > > annoying or extremely frustrating or whatever does not justify > maliciously > > alerting their employers. > > > > This just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. All you need to do is to > create a > > filter and individuals can ban anyone they want. The email to MD dept of > > elections is spiteful and childish and way more damaging to the struts > > community than any bigoted and/or stupid posts. > > > > BAL > > > > >From: Craig McClanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: Struts Users Mailing List <user@struts.apache.org> > > >CC: Niall Pemberton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: Re: banned > > >Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 20:24:14 -0700 > > > > > >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] > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
