[Foundation-l] should not web server logs (of requests) be published?

[WJhonson at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/30/2010 11:58:07 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
birgitte_sb at yahoo.com writes:


> Your recent postings have definitely been foolish.  You seem to be going 
> out of 
> the way to misinterpret everyone's words in the worst possible light. Why 
> should 
> you assume the phrase donor is meant to be restricted to monetary 
> donations? Why 
> must you approach responses that are not full agreement with you as 
> combat?  You 
> obviously aren't on my ignore list, but frankly I am not sure how 
> representative 
> this thread is of your general behavior.  I guess I will know in a year or 
> so. >>
> 

I disagree with your characterization "You seem to be going out of 
the way to misinterpret everyone's words in the worst possible light."

Don't you find a sentence like that a bit extreme?  
Have I really responded to everyone ?  Have I really put every word in the 
worst light?

In U.S. English "donor" in the content of a foundation means monetary.  We 
don't call volunteers who give their *time* donors, we simply call them 
volunteers.  If you are implying that "donor" in terms of a foundation, means 
anyone who donates anything, I would suggest that is a non-standard 
definition.  Are you presuming that in the case of the original message "donor" meant 
something else?  I would suggest it did not.

I do not "approach responses that are not full agreement with [me] as comba
t".  When a person directly attacks me, I respond.  That is a normal 
attitude in my opinion.  I did not directly attack you, and yet you directly 
attacked me.  You mischaracterized my responses as "combat", a provocative word 
meant to illicit negative responses and attitudes in the readership.  Yet you 
probably perceive this as a "fair" charge.  My responses to attacks are 
defensive responses, hardly fair to term these "combat".

Does your above response, seem like a logical course toward your goal?  
Does it seem likely to lead to an outcome that you would consider fair and just 
and rational?