[TriLUG] OT: Contemplations on tolerance...

[William Sutton]

Unless you consider that maybe he had accidently used a valuable password 
for his list registration (without reading the TOS) and overreacted.  I've 
had to support users who did just that :)

William

On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Michael Thompson wrote:

> William Sutton wrote:
> > OK, I succumbed in a moment (or two or three) of weakness and joined the 
> > crowd during the flamefest.  I'll work on being more genteel :)
> 
> I'm not really sure thats necessary, I've never seen a flame fest start 
> over a simple question, many (including me) were offended by the users 
> obvious troll.  (Ok, maybe a few flame fests *have* started, but in 
> response to a valid question.  That jerks message was not a question, 
> but an attack.)
> 
> > Now then, I believe the gentleman from Calgary wasn't trolling to start 
> > trouble.  I believe he got his monthly reminder, probably for the first 
> > time, and panicked.  It probably wasn't the best or brightest reaction 
> > he's had in a while, but I'd bet my slices of pizza at the next meeting 
> > that we've all had a similar reaction at one time or other.
> 
> I have to disagree, he went out of his way to insult the list 
> maintainers, in all caps, and then continued his troll with a few extra 
> messages just for good measure.
> 
> > Now, back to the poking.  We didn't give our acquaintance from Calgary a 
> > poke.  We singed his back side and slammed the door on it for good 
> > measure.  Argue it how you like, the evidence is on the list archives, and 
> > we flamed him.  Admittedly, from a RTFM POV, his question looked 
> > ridiculously stupid, and we ridiculed him.
> 
> Lets see, here are some of the questions from his message, lets try to 
> find something that is NOT a troll:
> 
> WHAT ARE YOU PEOPLE THINKING?  --  Nope, thats not it...
> 
> WHERE DO YOU KEEP YOUR BRAINS ANYWAY?  --  Definitely not it...
> 
> Who in Hell needs Microsoft's security holes when we have lists that do
> this?  --  I could be mistaken, but this is also a *statement* intended 
> to be insulting.
> 
> > Jon is right.  Those of us who flamed should be ashamed...and should do 
> > better.
> 
> I dont recall anyone who joined in on the "Canadian Beating" flaming 
> people in the past for actual questions.  Maybe a little poke to get the 
> user thinking, but never with a particularly sharp object.  The only 
> thing I'm ashamed of is that I let that moron get to me.
> 
> I dont think you or anyone else should be ashamed, but feel free to 
> flame me if you dont.  ;)
> 
> $.02
> 
> --mike
> 
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