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Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: |
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> On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 7:28 PM, Bruce Hill |
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> <daddy@×××××××××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> [snip] |
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>> It offends me. |
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> That's too bad. In public mailing lists profanity happens a lot. I |
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> suggest you not to read LKML; Linus is famous for his outbursts: you |
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> probably would get offended a lot. |
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> Regards. |
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I happen to know Bruce. I don't just mean to see his posts here but I |
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have actually met him in person, in real life, eyeball to eyeball and |
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more than once and over several years at that. I understand why it |
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offends him since I know him but most likely he won't say it because, |
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well, he is a better person than most. So, I'll explain it as best as I |
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can for you. |
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Bruce is a Christian, as am I. You ever see me post profanity like |
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that? I bet you haven't seen him post any either. You ever wonder |
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why? I do my very best to be respectful, even if someone can't or won't |
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do the same for me. Thing is, you don't just make yourself look bad |
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when you use that kind of language, you make everyone else here look bad |
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too. We, as in anyone on this list, may disagree on things at times but |
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there is no need for bad language nor should it happen either. It is |
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uncalled for to say it lightly. Pointing to other bad behaviour is no |
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excuse either. I'm not a member of the kernel mailing list nor do I |
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want to be. Their reputation precedes them on that one. |
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Several years ago, the -dev mailing list was a sewer of a place to be. |
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It gave Gentoo a very bad reputation and was talked about all over the |
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place. Back then, I used Gentoo but by no means was I proud of the way |
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the people treated each other on -dev. I had no reason to be either. |
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There are occasional exceptions to this but for the most part, I am |
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proud of what Gentoo has become. How it has fixed its reputation on its |
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own. I really hope -user is not going to have to go through the same |
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thing -dev did. I hope -user is not going to turn into what -dev was a |
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few years ago. One thing for sure, I'm not going to take it there. I |
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hope others will join me on this one. |
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Why not try this, treat others as you would like to be treated. Some of |
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us, don't like the profanity and I include myself in that. As you said, |
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this is a PUBLIC mailing list. That means anything we do is seen by |
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others. We should ALL remember that. If we don't, we will be talked |
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about like we was a few years ago when -dev was so bad but this time it |
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will be -user. |
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If you are not a religious person, then fine, some of us are. It |
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doesn't mean we can't still respect each other and be a better place |
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than the LKML. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! |