On Thursday 31 December 2009 16:52:15 lists wrote: > On Thu, 2009-12-31 at 16:39 +0000, Keith Edmunds wrote: > > On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:57:49 +0000, li...@retrochoons.co.uk said: > > > Are you > > > aware that 'cite a source' comes across as arrogant aggressive? > > > > No, I wasn't. I think if someone makes a claim such as was made, it's not > > unreasonable to ask them for some evidence. > > > > > It's not > > > at all helpful and I'm sure at some point in your life Keith, you've > > > been confused or mistaken? > > > > Many times, which is why I preceded the "cite a source" request with "If > > you really mean that..." as I suspected that someone - possibly me - had > > misunderstood. > > Could you not just be a bit more polite and say 'Did I misunderstand?' > The reason I mention it is simple. When I started out with Linux I made > lots of mistakes. I still do. I don't mind that, I'm human. It's a real > turn off when you come up against those that throw the short, curt and > plain bloody minded and rude answers down. > > Ironically most people don't think 'wow, he's clever, he made that guy > look a fool', the tend to think 'WHAT AN ASSHAT'. Happy New Year Keith. > Don't disappear up yourself, will you ;-)
Keith is one of the least aggressive people I know, and is always extremely polite and helpful. You, on the other hand, are being both agressive and rude. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
