Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 08:12:23 +0100 From: Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@minmail.net> To: Server Admin <admin@sage-one.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Be careful what you say Message-ID: <20020316071225.E69AA37B400@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20020315114421.0117f1f0@mail.sage-one.net> References: <20020315061215.GA1693@raggedclown.net> <3.0.5.32.20020315114421.0117f1f0@mail.sage-one.net>
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On Friday 15 March 2002 6:44 pm, Server Admin wrote: > > >On 2002-03-15 07:12, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > I am writing to the list, just to say that if the risk a person runs > > when giving advice, or explaining something to someone who appears not > > to understand it, is that they will be called a Nazi then I shall not > > bother anymore. On Friday 15 March 2002 6:44 pm, Server Admin wrote: > There's one more ingredient here to consider when participating in a list. > In addition to a posting here on the list I gather you may have contacted > the fellow directly and he considered what you did to be a scolding. I > agree that he/she was out of line with such "flames", but it is probably > not as good practice to enter someone's mailbox just to lecture him/her > without considering the risk of some unwanted response. I'm going to guess > it wouldn't have happened otherwise... > Well, having been the recipient of some of Cliff's "advice" , I'm kind of surprised that some of the more sensitive souls around here haven't fired off a flame or two at him before ;-). Mark. -- Friction is a drag. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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