Mail Archives: djgpp/2002/03/19/01:46:06
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, The Big Z wrote:
> Oh yes, the resident wingers are alive and well - if you dare ask an over
> simple question, naïvely post in HTML, accidentally send a message more than
> once, simply forget to put a period at the end of the sentence! or make any
> number of silly, or innocent mistakes then be prepared to be slagged off!
I think this is unfair. Please go through the archives of this news
group, and I think you will see that almost every message, including
those posted in HTML, Javascript, and what's not, gets replies with real
help.
Yes, it's a nuisance to filter out all that crud, but some of us go to
great lengths to set up their news readers to do that, skip whatever is
left after the filtering, and try to help anyway. Why do you ignore those
who do that?
The basic principle of ignoring messages for which there's no useful
response goes both ways--those who ask the questions should exercise it
as well as those who answer them.
> I know - Sending this message makes me is no better then them, but I just
> get so p****d off with their continuous attack on newbies, I just had to say
> something.
IMHO, it would be much more effective if you'd simply reply to those
people who you feel were attacked, with help in solving their problems.
That would set an example of what you consider to be civilized behavior
without the side effect of a flame war of the kind we will probably
witness in this thread. Personal example is always better than
accusations.
> END OF TOPIC
Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way on the Internet. If you post
something controversial, don't expect people to keep silence just because
you said so.
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