Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 15:30:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: cswiger@mac.com (Chuck Swiger) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: List Administration, was: Re: your mail Message-ID: <200306021930.h52JUUR9016666@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <3EDB9BA3.8010901@mac.com> from "Chuck Swiger" at Jun 02, 2003 02:46:59 PM
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> So who is mocking. Not I. I would consider voluntarily moderating this list as a monumental job - well beyond anything I would have time for. ////jerry > Jerry McAllister wrote: > [ ... ] > >> I'm volunteering my time, network bandwidth, > > > > Whew. > > Neighbor, for choice I try to be polite, even in the face of sarcastic comments, > false admiration, rhetorical games, and all of the other bullshit that some > people exhibit. > > Most of the time, I leave it at that. > > However, I sometimes wonder whether people who are trying to be impolite to me > have the background to understand what I consider a "real problem". Most people > don't think of pain as being educational, I've learned. Most people have the > choice of not thinking about pain at all, much less wonder whether they should > think of pain as a friend or only an old, familiar acquaintance. Sad, hmm? > > I don't mock people for being ignorant, Jerry; I envy them. > > And while it may be true that I envy someone for their blind ignorance, I've > rarely found it beneficial to explain this perspective to other people. Troy > Settle pushed hard enough to get a taste of reality rather than courtesy from > me. Troy apparently was intelligent enough to learn from the experience. Are > you also capable of learning behavior, Jerry? > > -- > -Chuck > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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