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Piotr Jaroszyński <peper@g.o> posted |
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200712221550.44258.peper@g.o, excerpted below, on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 |
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15:50:43 +0100: |
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> On Saturday 22 of December 2007 12:03:33 Duncan wrote: |
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>> If it were me the elementary school reply was made to, I'd |
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>> have felt it within my rights to ask for an apology. I therefore |
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>> considered the ietf remark a rather clever reply to the innuendo, |
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>> making the point delicately, while avoiding the loss of face challenge |
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>> asking for an apology presents. |
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> How is it fair that some people do their own research and some ask to be |
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> educated and for the discussion to be delayed? |
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I wasn't arguing that such was "fair". The world isn't "fair". |
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I /was/ arguing that (IMO) the elementary school comment was out of line, |
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and that had it been made to me, I'd have considered asking for an |
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apology. Instead, simply (re)stating that it's not something that can be |
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easily explained and that it was your viewpoint that documentation wasn't |
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needed (yes, I /know/ it's a restatement, there's no harm in showing a |
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bit of exasperation in having to repeat it by mentioning the repeat), as |
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Ciaran has been so patiently doing (thanks, Ciaran), would have (IMO) |
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been more appropriate. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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