Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 11:22:25 +0200 (IST) From: Eli Zaretskii X-Sender: eliz AT is To: Paul Derbyshire cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: Announcing Allegro 3.11 In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19990228124200.009a8a00@pop.globalserve.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, Paul Derbyshire wrote: > >I'd like to ONCE AGAIN ask that people be considerate of the feelings > >of others in this forum, and refrain from saying things that have a > >high probability of insulting or offending others, especially when > >they have no relevence to djgpp. > > I'd like to ONCE AGAIN ask that people get "smiley-literate"... There are certain problems, Paul, that smileys cannot take care of. Like personal offence, for example. And there are few things as offensive to people as disapproving or mocking their names or ethnic origin, and in a public forum of all the places.