Richard Heathfield said:
spinoza1111said: [snip]
Oh, was that a little close to the bone? I apologise. I didn't realise
you were sensitive to insanity references. I will try to remember not
to make such references in future - although I don't promise always
to succeed in that attempt. After all, almost everything you post is
redolent of insanity. Nevertheless, I'll do my best to refrain.
Richard, I suggest that it's time to stop feeding the troll. If you
refrained from responding to anythingspinoza1111posts (by use of
a killfile if necessary), I think it would substantially improve
this newsgroup's signal-to-noise ratio. Almost everyone here
already knows thatspinoza1111is wrong about nearly everything;
those few who don't won't be convinced otherwise.
Is there something like "a cast of characters FAQ" for this NG somewhere?
(Can you say "Desperate Housewives" counterparts? Hehehe.) I wanna know
who's posts I can skip over when I'm looking for on-topic info rather than
when just feeling like watching a SITCOM!
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Right, hurt people's feelings (so that they trigger flame wars and
worsen the problem you pretend to complain about). Destroy their
employability especially if they've actually accomplished something as
opposed to sitting in a chair eating Doritos at a succession of
meaningless jobs.
I would like to make it axiomatic that everyone is welcome UNTIL they
start, until they initiate, a personal attack on a person's
programming competence. If they do, I say the person targeted has the
right and duty to respond in kind with maximum force.
If a poster writes about a targeted poster in the third person, or
spreads unfounded rumors about his competence (in a medium where
people do not collaborate on common projects, and competence cannot
for this reason be determined), then the mark or target has the
absolute right of verbal self-defense. Instead of criticising him,
other posters should overcome the homophobia that fills this group
like mustard gas and post supportive comments.
Many of you have NEVER used the first name or patronym of your
enemies, not once. But it's amazing how you can overcome differences
by starting out a response with the person's name. You don't want to
use the first name because you're homophobes? Then use the patronym
with Mr or Ms as appropriate.
I've said it before and I say it again. People dip into the most
recent posts and do not do due diligence. As a result, they will see,
as a matter of statistics, responses to attacks and not the initial
attack, which will be hidden. The bravest posters, so subject to
attacks which may harm their employability, will appear to be trouble-
makers.
All this would end if people followed Gerald Weinberg's guidelines for
"structured walkthroughs" and spoke strictly about CODE here. But most
of you get a rather pathetic hard-on when you see your fellow man
being brutalized.