On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 10:32 -0600, Thomas Cameron wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Craig White" <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: "Frank Stratton - VE3YY" <fstratton@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 9:37 AM > Subject: Re: TOP POSTING > > > > On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 09:56 -0500, Frank Stratton - VE3YY wrote: > >> Hi All, > >> > >> I've decided to withdraw from this list, but before I do I want to have > >> my 2 > >> cents worth. I received a nasty message from a David CURRY (see below). > >> This message was inappropriate and uncalled for. I am new to this list > >> and > >> if he had taken to time to explain what was required I would have changed > >> from digest format to individual messages. > >> > > ---- > > We all were new once - some of us forget what it was like. > > > > suggest that you take a different approach to this - there are lot of > > people on this list and some of them get carried away > > > > Learn to ignore / delete the messages from people that have rubbed you > > the wrong way - they need not be significant > > I respectfully disagree. Every time someone is rude and we just ignore it, > we are really condoning it. There is waaaay too much hostility out there, > we should not tolerate it in our community. I believe this should be a > safe, enjoyable place to come and participate in a friendly community and > learn about a really cool technology. I see this sort of silly flame job > entirely too often on this list. People hide behind the anonymity of the > keyboard and treat people on the list in a way that (I hope) they would > never dream of in person. > > In my opinion, we should not tolerate this kind of bad behavior. If a new > list member makes mistakes, I totally understand and agree with gently > reminding them of the list preferences. But this newbie bashing is totally > counter-productive. It alienates new users and enforces the impression that > the Linux community is an elitist mob. ---- I know that you think this way and I respect you for it. Unfortunately, there are some who simply cannot accept those that break their rules (no top posting - no html - etc.) of course these are not official rules but are the 'assumed' rules by some who wish to make them official. I personally don't like either top posting (makes it so hard to reply to a reply) or html (I often can't read them) but I agree, it makes little sense to beat people up. Craig
