It *was* a little harsh.
Maybe you didn't intend it to sound that way, but that's how it was.
I agree it would've been better if Lori had done some verification, but that's
not sufficient cause to flame.
It would have been much better to politely (not brusquely) point out that she
could/should have avoided propogating a keyboard-transmitted disease, and even
to have explained how to check (as several other folks did).
Posting to a list without an iota of research is equally absurd to flaming
without an iota of consideration or positive contribution. IMNSHO.
--Bruce McCulley
Brian Boerner wrote:
> I disagree entirely. I feel that posting to a list without doing even
> one
> iota of research is absurd. I've always been more than willing to help
> people help themselves, but Lori obviously made no attempt to verify
> what
> she was blindly forwarding to the rest of us. I apploligize if it
> sounded
> a bit harsh. Sometimes e-mail comes off differently when someone else
> reads
> it than how you intend it to sound.
>
> -bmb-
>
> > I suspect I'm about to start a flame war, or at least a lengthy off topic
> > discussion. My apologies. I should also warn that I think my opionated
> > nature is about to flare here.
> >
> > I find this mail to be unnecessary and inflamatory. Did Lori make a
> > mistake? Perhaps. No more so than other folks that have been faked out
> > by this message.
> >
> > However, I find the above response to be even less appropriate for this
> > list. I've always been under the impression that the idea of Linux (and
> > indeed, the entire open source community) was openness. Lori (I'm
> > sure) has learned from the responses she's gotten. However responses like
> > the above could well cause her to hesitate to post to the list at all -
> > this is not "A Good Thing" (TM).
> >
> > -Cole
>
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