On 21/12/2007, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
When someone complains about me not reading properly and it's all down to them not reading what I've said properly, it would be foolish to assume good faith. Clearly they were more interested in making a complaint than actually improving anything.
Not at all. "Assume good faith" is a guideline to how the world actually works - it's essentially a restatement of "never assume malice when stupidity will suffice." No-one thinks of themselves as a villain. You may wish to consider them too stupid to realise their own stupidity, however. Though saying so in as many words is likely to be taken only as a personal attack, because stupidity is bulletproof.
- d.