Olin, You DO realize that we are talking about (mostly) adults here, right? Why do you think it is OK for you to treat other adults as subjects whom you must train like a dog? Sean On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 7:32 AM, Olin Lathrop w= rote: > 'William Chops" Westfield ' > There are (usually) other people who may be willing to gently guide >> the clueless person through clarifying their question and even coming >> up with an answer. > > That's exactly my point. =A0He gets the answer despite the arrogant or ru= de > post. =A0The only way to really get the point accross is for the arroganc= e and > rudeness to not be successful. =A0"Bad dog, have a doggy treat." > >> It's not worth the aggravation to >> you, nor the belittlement of the questioner, > > The belittlement of the questioner is of no concern. =A0If he feels prope= rly > humiliated, he probably won't do it again and problem solved. =A0If he ru= ns > away crying to mommy and never comes back, problem still solved. =A0If yo= u > give him what he wants, he'll be back doing the same thing again since it > was successful. > >> I'm working on a hypothesis that says that a large percentage of >> relatively clueless people are important to forming a "community." > > That's nuts. =A0You need some fraction of newbies asking good questions, = but > the clueless ones being arrogant or rude when asking for a favor serve on= ly > to degrade the forum. > > > ******************************************************************** > Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, http://www.embedinc.com/products > (978) 742-9014. =A0Gold level PIC consultants since 2000. > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .