Henri Yandell wrote:
On 3/28/06, Dave Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Henri Yandell wrote:
Not a very impressive joke. This was a major breach of manners 10
years ago, and it still is today.
I thought they were funny 10 years ago, too, especially when it was
deliberately, and obviously, a joke.
I'm a dumb user, I thought Jonathan was being sarcastic until I read
the next email.
I don't condone Jonathan's approach, I've learnt the hard way that if
you don't approach problems with diplomacy then you'll just alienate
the audience. Fortunately I was able to leave that dayjob :)
However, I'm also certain that escalating these conversations gets us
nowhere. The only positive solution I know of is to try to point the
conversation towards constructive issues and not destructive. It's not
to retaliate with much the same approach.
You started off well, Henri, but what do you mean by "retaliate with
much the same approach"? Do you mean these guys doing this are doing
what I did at some point?
When did I post anybody's private email to the list? When did I sign an
email by any name but my own?
Look, Henri, I'll try to meet you a bit halfway. I probably really need
to work on being more diplomatic. I could learn something from you
there. But I think you should learn a greater respect for the truth.
Diplomacy has to be balanced by some respect for the truth. And that
does mean that sometimes you end up saying things that people don't like.
Also, to be saying: "I don't like you doing this to JR, but JR is a bad
guy" could lead these kinds of people to interpret this as a sort of
"nudge, nudge, wink, wink". I really hope that wasn't your intention.
Jonathan Revusky
--
lead developer, FreeMarker project, http://freemarker.org/
That's just a personal opinion, I can hit delete the same as the next guy.
Hen
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