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First, by directing this email at you, I am not in any way suggesting |
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that others are justified in attacking you or that you are at fault in |
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a technical sense. |
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That being said, it's generally futile to bitterly demand that people |
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treat you with respect. It doesn't work. |
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So, that means that if you are falsely accused of something, and you |
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post an equally accusatory or biting response, you have now become |
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part of the problem by descending to their level, and it's no longer |
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clear that only one party is at fault. |
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The best strategy is to just be genuinely considerate and bambi-like |
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even when people don't deserve it, and hope that it catches on. People |
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tend to respond in kind. |
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You have reaped a bit of a whirlwind with your regularly |
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caustic/sarcastic posts, and I am sure that this has contributed to |
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people perceiving you in a negative light and instinctively responding |
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to you in a negative way. You also tend to keep the flame alive with |
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your very good recollection of the faults of others. |
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It really isn't an issue of who is right or wrong, but an issue of |
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exercising basic social graces so that people aren't continually out |
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to get you. It's not about changing the subject, but rather discussing |
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the subject without engaging in biting dialogue. |
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Really, I think the root of it is that your frequent caustic sarcasm |
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is often interpreted as a personal attack or "put down" by nearly all |
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cultures of the world. Sarcasm doesn't work well over email, and it's |
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easily interpreted in a way that you might not intend. So from the |
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perspective of many, right or wrong, it is you who is starting the |
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fight. |
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-Daniel |
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On 2/20/07, Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@×××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:12:26 -0700 "Daniel Robbins" |
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> <drobbins.daniel@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> | Can you please refrain from making inflammatory accusations in your |
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> | posts? This is not a forum for airing personal grievances, and they do |
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> | not serve any purpose besides encouraging others to do the same to you |
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> | - as you have discovered. |
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> So, wait... It's ok for people to post wild conspiracies blaming the |
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> whole Diego thing on me, but it's not ok to post factual material in |
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> response? |
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> -- |
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> Ciaran McCreesh |
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> Mail : ciaranm at ciaranm.org |
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> Web : http://ciaranm.org/ |
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> Paludis, the secure package manager : http://paludis.pioto.org/ |
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