Lew said:
Other than the OP's failure
And here you go again, with the personal attacks. Are you incapable of
discussing Java without dragging your personal, negative opinions of
pretty much everybody else in existence into it?
Just the facts, not a jibe.
We disagree.
Why respect those who don't even put in the very minimal effort to read
the most basic documentation?
As I mentioned in another post, he probably did read it, but not recently.
You seem to think that everyone not only should read the documentation,
but that they should reread it rather frequently.
Most of us have jobs that kinda require us to spend a lot of time
actually coding, or doing other things, rather than reading, and so tend
to read something only once, and maybe again if we get a clear
indication that it may have changed since the last time.
Regardless, "why respect"? Everyone should be accorded a certain level
of respect -- all human beings. Respect for someone's skills as a Java
programmer I can see being predicated upon their familiarity with Java.
However, respect for someone as a fellow human being should be
automatic, and withdrawn, if at all, only for serious crimes and active
malice.
Part of that basic level of respect is not dropping gratuitous personal
attacks into one's posts, and avoiding jeers, jibes, and similarly
bully-ish behavior. In particular, any behavior motivated more by a
desire to annoy, bedevil, or embarrass another person should be checked
at the door.
In your case, I don't think intentional malice plays a large role. I
think it's more likely you just blurt out blunt assertions and
poorly-phrased requests (that come off as demands) out of ... not
exactly ignorance either, but an inconsiderate, unthinking knee-jerk
response.
Try thinking a bit about what you post the next time you post, and maybe
consider rephrasing it to be less inconsiderate of your target's feelings.
Too many people treat Usenet discussion groups as an unpaid helpdesk
If you feel put-upon to that extent, leave. You are a volunteer under no
obligation to stay. Staying but being churlish and ill-tempered does not
ultimately do anyone much good.
Of course, you've probably been told all of this before, and probably by
more than one other person, so there's probably little chance of you
even acknowledging this, but I guess it's worth a shot.
