Mail Archives: djgpp/2002/01/28/04:45:19
DJ Delorie wrote:
>
> > "Smart-a**" is not considered profane.
>
> It is by me. I don't want my children saying it.
>
> > But I meet some rough language in some other newsgroups, including
> > alt.os.linux.slackware.
>
> So? Do we have to be as bad as the bad examples, or should we be as
> good as the good examples? Or should we be a good example to others?
>
> I've always asked that this forum remain clean, helpful, and positive,
> and in general I've been quite pleased at how well people treat each
> other here. It gives a good name to the project and we've gotten lots
> of good press because of it. It takes a little effort, but not a lot
> of effort, and it certainly doesn't stop people from expressing
> themselves technically or stating a well-formed opinion. So please,
> keep up the good work!
I am honestly sorry about this. It was my inappropriate language.
It is not my mother tongue and one sometimes doesn't know right from
wrong, simply because these phrases are being used all over the place
by people who SHOULD know, at least concerning command of language.
I honestly didn't know it was that bad. One cannot tell from a
dictionary.
What's worse is that I started off something I actually despise - off
track emotinal arguments in a technical group.
My (probably overstated) anger was about this frequent desire of many
posters to just appear smart instead of contributing a sensible answer
to
the original question. This is about newsgroups in general. This one
actually IS very clean, helpful, and positive.
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