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Date:      Sat, 16 Mar 2002 08:12:23 +0100
From:      Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@minmail.net>
To:        Server Admin <admin@sage-one.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Be careful what you say
Message-ID:  <20020316071225.E69AA37B400@hub.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20020315114421.0117f1f0@mail.sage-one.net>
References:  <20020315061215.GA1693@raggedclown.net> <3.0.5.32.20020315114421.0117f1f0@mail.sage-one.net>

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On Friday 15 March 2002 6:44 pm, Server Admin wrote:
>

> >On 2002-03-15 07:12, Cliff Sarginson wrote:
> > I am writing to the list, just to say that if the risk a person runs
> > when giving advice, or explaining something to someone who appears not
> > to understand it, is that they will be called a Nazi then I shall not
> > bother anymore.

On Friday 15 March 2002 6:44 pm, Server Admin wrote:
> There's one more ingredient here to consider when participating in a list.
> In addition to a posting here on the list I gather you may have contacted
> the fellow directly and he considered what you did to be a scolding. I
> agree that he/she was out of line with such "flames", but it is probably
> not as good practice to enter someone's mailbox just to lecture him/her
> without considering the risk of some unwanted response. I'm going to guess
> it wouldn't have happened otherwise...
>

Well, having been the recipient of some of Cliff's "advice" , I'm  kind of  
surprised that some of the more sensitive souls around here haven't fired off 
a flame or two at him before  ;-).   


Mark.
-- 
Friction is a drag.

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