My reply is going private as it's now OT.
On 21/07/2013 02:17, Kathleen Danielson wrote:
My criticisms are based purely on his inability to communicate
clearly.
Dave,
As you say, you know nothing personally of this man, and yet you have
discerned he is unable to communicate? Saman is not above criticism.
However, we, as a community, are above sweeping statements such as the
ones you have made. Constructive feedback is a vital part of progress,
but please be more considerate of your fellow community members who
are working hard to make OpenStreetMap.org a more useful tool for
everyone when you disparage not just their work, but them personally.
In addition, if you are going to take this route, please be sure to
focus your responses on ideas and products put forth, and do not make
character attacks. Having watched a video of a presentation does not
entitle you or anyone to point out a person's "failings".
On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 9:08 PM, Dave F. <dave...@madasafish.com
<mailto:dave...@madasafish.com>> wrote:
Hello Tom
I reject & mildly resent your criticism that I made an ad hominem
attack. I know nothing personally of this man. My criticisms are
based purely on his inability to communicate clearly. As the
primary reason for his lecture was to explain the new layout I
feel perfectly entitled to point out his failings.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ad-hominem
You appear to believe that as he has "emotions", he is above
criticism. Strange.
Dave F.
On 21/07/2013 01:42, Tom MacWright wrote:
Hi Dave,
Please be civil, we're all trying our best to be nice and make
progress here. It's inappropriate to start ad-hominem
attacking developers, especially in the case of Saman - who is
in fact a designer, not to mention a real person, in the real
world, with actual emotions.
Thanks,
Tom
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