Mark Williamson wrote:
And people want me to apologise for things *I* have said to "well-respected Wikipedians"? I am trying now to be less abrasive, but it is a bit more difficult than you might expect since well-respected Wikipedians continue to toss personal attacks at me as they did before.
(18/11/2004 [23:19:10]) <GerardM> do not be stupid (18/11/2004 [23:19:17]) <node_ue> Excuse me? (18/11/2004 [23:19:27]) <node_ue> Would you like me to paste this conversation on the mailinglist? (18/11/2004 [23:19:32]) <GerardM> it is a lame argument (18/11/2004 [23:19:44]) <node_ue> Would you like to explain that? (18/11/2004 [23:19:59]) <node_ue> Or are you going to just tell me my argument is lame like you did before, and then never tell me why? (18/11/2004 [23:20:25]) <GerardM> I do not have time at this moment, what is difficult about that ? (18/11/2004 [23:20:48]) <node_ue> Apparently you never have time, because you never explain it, yet you always tell me my arguments are lame. (18/11/2004 [23:21:18]) <node_ue> I think you have plenty of time, but you don't want to because you cannot support it, so you will just stand behind a rock and tell me how lame my argument is while you pretend to be too busy to have a rational discussion. (18/11/2004 [23:21:21]) <GerardM> I am working on stuff, and do not have the time to go on discussing things. We do not agree
And seriously, the last time we had a disagreement (that time it was over e-mail), he told me my arguments were all lame, and told me I had yet to explain my feelings about the issue when I had spent at least 2 very very very long non-hostile e-mails doing exactly that. When I asked him to explain *why* they were lame, he did not respond and thus our correspondence came to an end.
Mark
Mark, If this is an example of you being less abrasive.. :( I answered some questions, then was working on some stuff, you started a private chat. This went on for some time, I told you I was busy. You did not like that, you said that I did not have an argument. I told you not to be stupid as I did not have the time.
Basically Mark, I did not have the time and you sure do not make friends making people do things when they do not have the time. You are a nuisance that way. You do not take no for an answer. You do not accept that people disagree with you.
De groeten, GerardM