From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 2 12:30:32 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A688837B404 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 12:30:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAC6343F93 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 12:30:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h52JUVOg016667; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 15:30:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h52JUUR9016666; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 15:30:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200306021930.h52JUUR9016666@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: cswiger@mac.com (Chuck Swiger) Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 15:30:30 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <3EDB9BA3.8010901@mac.com> from "Chuck Swiger" at Jun 02, 2003 02:46:59 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: List Administration, was: Re: your mail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 19:30:32 -0000 > So who is mocking. Not I. I would consider voluntarily moderating this list as a monumental job - well beyond anything I would have time for. ////jerry > Jerry McAllister wrote: > [ ... ] > >> I'm volunteering my time, network bandwidth, > > > > Whew. > > Neighbor, for choice I try to be polite, even in the face of sarcastic comments, > false admiration, rhetorical games, and all of the other bullshit that some > people exhibit. > > Most of the time, I leave it at that. > > However, I sometimes wonder whether people who are trying to be impolite to me > have the background to understand what I consider a "real problem". Most people > don't think of pain as being educational, I've learned. Most people have the > choice of not thinking about pain at all, much less wonder whether they should > think of pain as a friend or only an old, familiar acquaintance. Sad, hmm? > > I don't mock people for being ignorant, Jerry; I envy them. > > And while it may be true that I envy someone for their blind ignorance, I've > rarely found it beneficial to explain this perspective to other people. Troy > Settle pushed hard enough to get a taste of reality rather than courtesy from > me. Troy apparently was intelligent enough to learn from the experience. Are > you also capable of learning behavior, Jerry? > > -- > -Chuck > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >