With great power comes great responsibility. When your first minor contributions are met with blunt reactions (however justified), then they are probably going to be your last. Saying things like "we're not complete idiots" or "it would be crazy to do this" is not the way to encourage people to grow. It is encouraging them to shut the hell up and let the experts do their work. I know this is hard to do after years of hearing bad or naive ideas, especially if the people making the suggestions can be rather agressive too. Caring about the project is not about the software first, it is about the wetware above anyting else. Like I said in the other thread, we do need people who can handle criticism (e.g. I didn't understand some of the hurt reactions after a recent thread about an import tool for ID), but it shouldn't be "survival of the thickest skin".
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