On Sunday 27 July 2008, Woodchuck wrote: > On Sat, 26 Jul 2008, Martin Schröder wrote: > > 2008/7/26 Robert Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Bad response for a newbie list. Please ignore it. I think this is a
It is definitely one of the liabilities with a more or less anonymous environment like the Internet. More people spread poor attitude onto others with little or no judgment on their choice of words. This is why I usually read my emails over before sending them. I try to read it from the view of someone who's never read it before, to see how it sounds like without bias. In the real world one would quickly end up without real friends. And with real friends I mean people who go out of their way to help you. Even put themselves at risk to get you out of a jam. Online it's mostly just an email address, or maybe a name, with little effective relation to the person behind it. Many people don't realize the amount of negative attitude they spread. Fortunately the misc list is one of the very few places where really crappy attitude is encouraged. The justification they use is in effect that OpenBSD is only for a certain group of people. Manners be damned! The problem with that argument, besides common courtesy, is that if so, they should clearly note that on the website. Many decades ago I met a class mate in a restaurant where I was serving tables. At the time he had hung out with a not so savory group. He sat down and when he saw me he said something like "Hello idiot!" Needless to say his service was on par. Later, having noticed that everyone around him got food promptly, he asked me why he got such lousy service. When I pointed out calling your waiter idiot might have something to do with it, he was stunned for a second. Then apologized, saying he did not realize how it sounded like. Made me wonder how many people say that sort of thing? I'm very glad to see people speaking up on this, and other lists. It usually is left to individuals who save the day by doing something about it. Steve Szmidt _______________________________________________ Openbsd-newbies mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies
