On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 12:52 -0700, Bart Garst wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 12:43, Erik Bixby wrote:
> > Who said anything about dumbing down your answers?
> > 
> > The whole point of my first email, and I must apologize to Mr. England
> > for derailing his thread, was to point out that someone who doesn't
> > know everyone here might see some of the things said and be put off of
> > asking a question themselves.  As far as free support not being for
> > the weak and fragile goes, speaking as someone who would like to see
> > Linux more widely accepted, I would have to disagree.
> > 
> > As far as what Mr. England is trying to achieve, from what I've read
> > so far, it seems as though it could be achieved more easily at the
> > client level...
> > -Erik
> 
> If I may, it sounds to me like Erik is tying to point out the Craig
> could be a bit kinder in his responses. 
> 
> Craig, I think you are a valuable resource to this list, but sometimes
> you do sound a bit mean. Of course, you are entitled to say/write
> whatever you like.
> 
----
I suppose that in no small way, I guess I find this topic somewhat
offensive in that my whole point was to offer my help and my concerns
and I have two people wanting to analyze the nuance (or perhaps tone) of
the way I have expressed the help and concerns.

I would suggest that if you want clear, hopefully concise and considered
opinions that you concentrate a little less on the nuance and a little
more on the spirit in which it was offered.

If you want to discuss the what is acceptable in terms of tone in
replies, I would be happy to do that but now that you have re-titled the
thread from 'pop login scripts?' to 'manners' - the clear import of
which leaves me to feel as though you are suggesting that I don't have
manners, I wonder whether it is not you who lacks manners as you have
now jumped on someone else's bandwagon, stolen a thread and used the
subject change to cast an aspersion which seems entirely unfair.

I will thus start a new thread

Craig

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