Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 02:31:48 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Contributors, or lack thereof Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909100226360.14497-100000@sasami.jurai.net> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19990909213006.046fd350@localhost>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > At 09:56 AM 9/9/99 -0400, Matthew N. Dodd wrote: > > >And you wonder why people resort to name calling. > > Yes, I do. Some of the observations I'm making may not be all > sweetness and light, but then, if they were, they wouldn't be useful > contributions. Things improve when you observe what's wrong and do > something about it. People resort to calling you names because in the end its far less stressful to throw insults at you than to try and hold a reasonable conversation with you. I think you'd find that more people would be interested in what you have to say if you tried correcting the flaws in your communication skills, especially those relating to conversation (you know, where more than 1 person is talking). A review of the rules governing the varieties of formal debate might be useful as well. Nothing personal. -- | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | This Space For Rent | ISO8802.5 4ever | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.10.9909100226360.14497-100000>