From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 27 6:23:46 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.panix.com (mail2.panix.com [166.84.0.213]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3F0C37B479 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 06:23:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailhost.nrnet.org (mailhost.nrnet.org [166.84.192.39]) by mail2.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 730179106; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 09:23:33 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (tomg@localhost) by mailhost.nrnet.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA11672; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 10:25:21 -0500 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 10:25:21 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Good To: Cliff Sarginson Cc: Steve , mattman@mattcave.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The real Unix problem In-Reply-To: <20001126143240.D2383@buffy.local> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > Mmm. I was going to keep out of this. > The guy's language and disgustingly homophobic remarks in my > view make him beyond redemption. > He needs to get his medication checked, and his attitude Cliff, I think you may be onto something... > On the other hand, I suppose by posting all that nonsense to this > newsgroup maybe he didn't shout at anyone in his personal life > that day. You never know the therapeutic effect of screaming > rage at a bunch of people you don't know who are just trying to get > along and be helpful.. > > *sigh* I've heard it said that computers are toys for smart people...I don't know if this is true or merely a symptom of hubris on the part of the person making this observation. But I lean towards the former... ;-) My 6 year old has tantrums similar to this fellow's initial offering. (Although with less swearing as he is apparently more articulate...) He gets a timeout to regain control and an opportunity to rephrase his request/complain. Generally, my son's behaviour seems more mature than this fellow. At age 6. If someone gets in my face, venting anger over their own stupidity (which I define as manifest ignorance) they get *nothing* back from me. ** Negative attention simply reinforces the behaviour. Finally, getting back to my original point (para 1): I tend to agree that some people should not own computers. After all, I would not give a lawnmower to the village idiot, for obvious reasons. And as far as helping this person: silence would be very effective as an instrument of instruction. Engaging in a 'dialogue' would appear to be about as effective as entering into a peeing contest with a skunk. The initial post reminded me of the phenomenon known as 'road rage' - common here in New York where some people can't control their vehicles or their thought process. Tom --- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message