On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 06:15:46PM -0600, kband(a)www.llamacom.com wrote:
On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 03:06:55AM -0500, The Cunctator wrote:
I am in a pretty difficult position, because
people have gotten into the
habit of attacking my motives and character, which means I either have
to
expend energy defending them (like here) or I have to grin and bear it,
or just leave. And I don't enjoy any of that. I'm trying to be closer
to WikipediAhimsa now.
Or you could stop being difficult and inflammatory. What a concept.
Would I presumptuous to consider your sarcasm ("What a concept")
inflammatory?
Or should I consider it a well-deserved rebuke?
I think it was a well-deserved rebuke. The "what a concept" phrase was
intended to mean that my proposed solution was completely obvious.
Reading between the lines for both of our comments, it
looks like
I'm implying that people's response to me is unfair, while
you're implying that it is.
I think their reaction is understandable. In fact, I think it was very
restrained and patient. Only after repeated attempts to come to an
understanding through reason.
I don't think your behavior is acceptable. You criticize without
giving constructive criticism, you imply conspiracy theories that don't
exist, and you mischaracterize other people's statements.
I think much of people's response is fair,
actually. The little that
I consider unfair is when people characterize my intent: whereas
you said "You could stop being difficult and inflammatory", you
didn't say "You are trying to be difficult and inflammatory, and it's
what you enjoy, and it's your reason for living," which is what LMS
has said about me.
I'm writing directly to you because I don't want you to think I'm
trying to showboat. But I'm not trying to keep this private, either,
if you think I'm erring in that direction.
I don't know what your intent is, but I know how it appears from here.
And it appears from here that you understand the problem, and yet you
continue to perpetutate it.
--
Dr. David C. Merrill
http://www.lupercalia.net
Linux Documentation Project david(a)lupercalia.net
Collection Editor & Coordinator
http://www.linuxdoc.org
No major software project that has been successful in a general
marketplace (as opposed to niches) has ever gone through those nice
lifecycles they tell you about in CompSci classes.
-- Linus Torvalds, lkml