> On Mon, 2010-09-20 at 22:39 +0200, Wouter van Ooijen wrote: > > >> You might consider the possibility that he is simply annoyed by what= he > > >> considers to be bad behavior, and tries to work against it. > > >=20 > > > If this is the case, fine - but it's quite possible to do it without= =20 > > > publicly humiliating people or using terms like "Moron" and "Duh!" > >=20 > > You seem to think that is possible and effective, Olin seems to think=20 > > otherwise. I lean towards his opinion. >=20 > I personally don't understand this drive to "show the world" that one > person is better then another. >=20 > If you don't like the way someone talks, don't talk to them. To ridicule > them on a public forum without knowing the whole story is simply mean > spirited and often even cruel. >=20 > Why beat a person down simply because they are different? >=20 > The whole "if you have nothing nice to say don't say anything" idea is > very powerful. >=20 > And know, don't give me some BS justification like "they will never > learn if I don't speak like that". There are NICE ways of pointing out > your opinion that are FAR more effective, IF that is the true goal. >=20 > I just don't understand. >=20 This thread is about stupid questions which Olin is showing an example of. = He=20 is not actually replying to it (if I have not missunderstood it completely)= .. So that's just what he is doing - not talking to them. He has also stripped the example of any information that points to an actua= l=20 person just not to ridicule him/her. /Ruben =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Ruben J=F6nsson AB Liros Electronic Box 9124, 200 39 Malm=F6, Sweden TEL INT +46 40142078 FAX INT +46 40947388 ruben@pp.sbbs.se =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .