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On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 10:48:46 -0400 |
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Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On 3/22/2014 5:06 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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> >> Please don't use this list for personal quarrels of any kind! |
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> >> If someone says something you don't like - just ignore it/him. |
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> >> If someone insults you, reply by personal mail only. |
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> >> If someone says something which is*technically* wrong, |
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> >> just correct the facts without getting personal. |
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> > I don't read every message but who is personally attacking someone? |
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> He's probably referring to my factual statement that Tom was/is |
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> acting like an arrogant prick. |
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This is technically wrong, we're all acting as arrogant pricks; but by |
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picking out a certain individual, this could be perceived as a personal |
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attack to that certain individual. However, that should not withhold |
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that this is just part of a factual statement. |
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This correction of mine also doesn't hold because if this could be |
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perceived as a personal attack against us all; then, to an extent, |
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perhaps we're all not acting as arrogant pricks. We are just |
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mis-perceiving things; and as a result of that, misunderstanding. |
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But maybe, under the 'profit motive', we could all be being arrogant? |
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http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/272557/focus=272818 |
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Sometimes, such 'profit motive's conflict, one man's profit is another |
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man's cost; this reminds me of how the real world works, if one |
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musician gets more fortune and fame, that goes at the cost of another. |
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However, is that musician therefore arrogant for earning lots of money? |
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Not necessarily; as you can see, a lot of these musicians spend excess |
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money on good causes (education centers, countries that had a natural |
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disaster, people with a costly to cure disease, the homeless, ...). |
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Now, you could ask, why doesn't that maybe arrogant musician send |
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everyone some money; well, it could cause maybe arrogant people to |
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benefit from the money without working for it. Well, both can be |
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perceived as being arrogant, or not being arrogant at all... |
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People's time and money is limited; so, it is better well spent. |
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This reminds me of John Covico's e-mail footer; it goes like this: |
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"Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. |
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The question is: How do you spend it?" |
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> Lots of people confuse factual statements with personal attacks. |
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As demonstrated above, the confusion is easily made. |
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> That said, I've never been know for being tactful... ;) |
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But what have you been known for? :) |
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With kind regards, |
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Tom Wijsman (TomWij) |
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Gentoo Developer |
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E-mail address : TomWij@g.o |
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