From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 11 01:41:53 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77E071065696 for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:41:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael.copeland@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f14.google.com (mail-qy0-f14.google.com [209.85.221.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 162CC8FC2C for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:41:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael.copeland@gmail.com) Received: by qyk7 with SMTP id 7so666760qyk.19 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:41:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=JswM25iDfWZThV2u+tEaxjESbWy8CA44rZCp6H7GLJ0=; b=LUXQZwy7EQQo2YC+Es8Pfvbg9ZzewwLc9VeRD4YZpkhPHlWd74u55CKR02J68xAf+n +U+Ddk8s3kCN1ikNkHJ4//4lr6taq1VpKZs3Owh7wTU5tBx4G3y9YgeTPwwRQJwSLe7w NcDVYF71coAzhsSCYF5MCicbwDtCMc7IB5rdU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=sg8hDWgzyQ773xF9PDHKSV+oFKUPTcpfbSPEv+sclA2yYoOiH3ORfMQ3FAVv9tpbPa +Ufl5zNbdkkpjwNBmJo5UntM7Pd37v3T48Oaitnz+W/VXkhrL5fc6HS9oAuZYQDWgkcU UiFGY2NXd2I451UV2qTMKo/WioX3R/cHPtLYg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.12.14 with SMTP id 14mr3837871wfl.21.1234316511563; Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:41:51 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <49922C12.2010201@ibctech.ca> References: <1115427411@web.de> <20090210233640.GA70071@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20090211004106.GA70295@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <49922C12.2010201@ibctech.ca> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:41:51 -0500 Message-ID: <338cd6e40902101741p7835dc0dpff6dcb3d9b24da0c@mail.gmail.com> From: michael copeland To: Steve Bertrand Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: please remove all search results with name Constantin Stalzer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:41:54 -0000 On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Steve Bertrand wrote: > Chris Knight wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Jerry McAllister > wrote: > >> To make fun of someone's ignorance is not humorous. > >> It is offensive and small. > > > > We are going to have to agree to disagree. > > I read in a posting recently by a very, very prominent and respected > member of the Internet community that agreeing to disagree is very > disrespectful. > > In other words, you are accepting the fact that someone is wrong without > finding a solution. > > Jerry made a very valid point. Jerry has made countless hundreds of > posts to this list, many of which are directed at helping the newcomer > settle in. _Any_ poking fun at someone whatsoever is unacceptable, and > that is non-disputable. > > > It is my opinion that to > > make fun of someone's _stupidity_ is offensive. Stupidity, like the > > lack of a sense of humor, is a disability that can not be cured. > > Ignorance, which is easily cured, is something that we all suffer from > > time to time and is therefore a more universal point of humor. > > It is not a point of humour to those who do not know any better. A > softer, more gentle approach would be appropriate here. > > Even if *you* think it is humorous, have you ever known anyone, or had > any children with any sort of anxiety issues? I'm sure you haven't, or > you wouldn't be arguing with Mr. McAllister, and you surely wouldn't be > defending your post. > > Perhaps by "have to agree to disagree" means that you will rephrase a > response to the OP directly that explains the 'hows' and 'whys' of the > non-feasibility of the request... > > Cheers, > > Steve > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > on a side note, i can't believe this has kept going -- Doug Larson - "Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks."