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On Monday 06 November 2006 17:55, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 02:18:41 +0000 Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@g.o> |
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> | Yes, I'm also sick of this negative level of civility. If I don't |
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> | preempt it now, I'll likely be told that I'm taking the above two |
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> | quotes out of context |
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> Which you are, since you removed a large part of my answer and then |
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> used it to claim that my answer was unhelpful. Hint: read all of what I |
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> wrote. |
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I didn't claim that you were unhelpful; I merely claimed that you weren't |
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civil. In fact, I acknowledged that your responses could be learned from. |
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> | Ciaran's analogies are always outrageous, condescending and greatly |
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> | accentuated. |
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> And a lot of people find them a pleasant change from the usual lack of |
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> style and humour exhibited on this list. Effective technical writing |
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> does not have to be boring. |
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Sure, but others just find them to be uncivil personal attacks. |
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> | Specifically, his intention is never to help the person |
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> | he is replying to, but rather to show them that they are wrong. |
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> The person is irrelevant. What matters is whether someone looks at a |
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> proposed incorrect solution and uses it. |
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> | He believes that is purely up to the person that he is replying to |
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> | whether they learn from it or not. |
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> Well yes. What is this, nursery school? |
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Keep these two points in mind. |
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> | discussing it further won't help any. |
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> But you still felt the need to try to throw in a cheap shot full of |
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> personal attacks. Right. |
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My intention was only to present the facts as I see them so as to reassure |
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Ryan Hill that he is not alone. I can understand why you might take offense, |
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but I was no more throwing in "a cheap shot full of personal attacks" than |
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you do with your analogies. I thought that there might be a slim chance that |
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you'd learn from what I said, but I left that decision up to you - after all, |
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this isn't nursery school. |
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