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RE: [PLUG] about people who "leaving" as a result of heated discu
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Michael...
Wow, "hateful" is a strong term. I can't say I recall seeing any truly
hateful remarks here. It may have happened, but I didn't see it. As far
as "rude" and "disrespectful", yes, "mean spirited", maybe... many people
have extreme difficulty expressing themselves on paper (ok monitor)... you
get them a little hot and they go and write something that sounds ten times
stronger than they think it does... and the person they are writing to,
who is getting hot too, takes it at a magnitude greater than that!.
I'm playing the Devil's advocate because I think there is a lot more that
goes on here than what's on the surface. I just can't accept that so many
mean and hateful people come to this group, or even get into Linux in the
first place. It doesn't ring true to me.
Roger Scudder
Mail to: rscudder@annance.com
"Michael W. Ryan"
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05/25/2000 04:39 PM
Please respond to
plug
On Thu, 25 May 2000 beldon@scamail.com wrote:
> And, yes, we'll lose a few. But that's to be expected and accepted,
minimized
> is possible, but never ever should it be seen as an end in itself. Mass
> acceptance/commercialization of Linux (or any other technology, for that
> matter) should never act to stifle the noisy dialogs that are the very
signs of
> the life in our community. If that were to happen, rest assured, another
> upstart technology will arise-- with its own animated and sometimes
strident
> debates-- to take our place.
I did not say "lively debate", "strong opinions", or "noisy" for a good
reason. I meant to say that people in this group have shown themselves to
be hateful and mean spirited. I'm all for lively discussion and debate.
Hatefulness, rudeness, and disrepsect are inexcusable, and I don't care
what you're promoting.
Michael W. Ryan, MCP, MCT | OTAKON 2000
mryan@netaxs.com | Convention of Otaku Generation
http://www.netaxs.com/~mryan/ | http://www.otakon.com/
No, I don't hear voices in my head;
I'm the one that tells the voices in your head what to say.
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