On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:50:27 -0700, Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Matthew Wilcox writes:
>>> I'm so thoroughly disgusted by you and the actions of people like
>>> you that I've stopped working on Debian. nice job, wanker.
>> That is the sole content of Matthew Wilcox's message to me, apart
>> from some quoted text from debian-private, which I have removed.
>> Normally I wouldn't publish private email but I think in this case
>> the abusive nature warrants it.
> Two wrongs didn't really make a right here, IMO, and I'm not talking
> about publication of private e-mail. Losing one's temper and
> insulting one's colleagues in e-mail isn't okay, but neither is
> deciding to escalate an already angry situation by trying to
> humiliate someone in public for losing their temper. Nothing good
> is going to come from that.
In my experience, turning the other cheek ends up in getting
two smarting cheeks and little else. There has to be _some_
disincentive for people initiating and perpetuating such overt abuse;
some negative conditioning so that they don't spew off quite so
unrestrainedly in the future.
Could you suggest what form this negative conditioning should
take?
manoj
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