CALL FOR ARMS. This is important!!!!! On Monday 10 March 2003 08:31, Ovidiu Predescu wrote: > You can see how I feel and why I do so in my last email: > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=xml-cocoon-dev&m=104710043802266&w=2
I think this is REALLY SAD, and actually more important for the community than any code. I'm very thick-skinned, anybody can yell, shout and scream as much as they want. Foul language in a heated debate is also something _I_ can handle. Everything non-technical somehow gets filtered out completely. Possibly, other people are same as me. For sure, others are much more sensitive, I know that and I try to "soften" my expression on public forums and when dealing with people I know less. Cocoon-dev every now and then get over-heated, and people feel "offended" (in many different ways and to various extent), and this is a BAD THING. We, as a community, must become better in moderating our emotions, take a second look at the email before sending it off, and SOFTEN the tone a bit. Ovidiu, rightly so, points out that he has no problem with the technical issues at hand, only HOW it is "presented" (a bit of over statement), and that could for others be true, even though it is not over code they have been involved in, just don't like the tone and foul language. Stefano has certain principles, and when they are not upheld (in this case regarding the off-list discussions), he also get carried away and sounds very harsh to make his point. It is his way, _I_ have no problem with that, others may. I also know that his ability to see his own flaws to be of exceptional quality, and he will not let the Cocoon community suffer because of him. I am also sure that everybody on the list, Pier included ;o), does not want to harm or insult anyone else. Everyone "feel" we have a good thing going, community wise. It is just that emotions take the upper hand, instead of calm and analytical debate, and things quickly get out of hand. I hope Ovidiu's drastic signal is a wake-up call to everyone. A signal to "think first, press 'send' later", sounds so easy. Let's solve this, and keep everyone happy. Niclas
