Sherman said:
"Stephan Bour" <
[email protected]> writes:
}
} > } I always try to give people a chance to discuss things rationally.
} > } A demonstration of hope over experience, I guess. But even the most
} > } optimistic of us has to give up on hopeless trolls eventually.
} >
} > But this isn't' what *you* did.
}
} That is in fact exactly what I did. He asserted that Mac-based FTP
} servers had "problems".
No he didn't. He said he encountered a with line termination translation and
used a Mac server as an example. That's not the same as saying the Mac ftp's
are bugged. You are mixing two different things.
} I asked him a simple two-word question: "Such
} as?" I asked this because I use a Mac every day, and if there *are*
} such problems I would sincerely like to know about them.
You didn't ask that at first. You came across as demanding, which is hardly
the way to persuade someone to deal nice with you. He also had already told
you he was just recalling an experience and didn't recall all the details
but you ignored that and persisted.
} I continued to give him every chance to support his assertion with
} evidence.
Why is it you cannot distinguish between a simpel comment and a detailed
assertion about something?
} Instead of doing so, he resorted to crying about civility and
} accusing me of being a liar.
Because you were pushing rather hard. On top of that you kept on telling him
he made assertions he never made. In my book that constitutes a lie. Or at
least, it's dishonest.
} > You turned a discussion into a lawyer-esque attack.
}
} Nonsense. A request for evidence to support a dubious claim is not an
} "attack." If someone can't argue a technical point without taking it
} personally, that's *his* problem, not mine.
What is wrong with you? It was a comment from something he was remembering.
Do you honestly remember every single detail about every single thing you've
done in your life time?
} > This not an example people should be seeing.
}
} What do you suggest as an alternative then? Should we allow nonsense
} to stand unremarked and uncorrected, potentially misleading those who
} don't know better, just to avoid hurting the feelings of the over-
} sensitive and easily offended?
This was clearly not an issue about nonsense, but about people like yourself
who spin into their own personal crusades just because they don't agree with
something or because they have to see and push something as being more than
it really is. a simple comment is not always meant to be taken in the same
way as a detailed write up on a given subject. Sometimes such things should
be taken at face value.
And if someone does in fact answer you and you blatantly ignore it and
continue on pushing, then you are clearly in the wrong, and should
apologize, if you have any honour.
} This is a technical forum. If you want sound, accurate advice about
} Perl, you can find it here.
There's no reason one shouldn't be able to make a simple comment without
being put in front of a firing squad. Please stop making excuses for verbal
brutality.
Stephan.
