Re: Interested in a moderated theory forum?

"Dataman" <dataman_at_ev1.net> wrote in message news:1012a9uookint2d_at_corp.supernews.com...
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> paul_geoffrey_brown_at_yahoo.com (Paul G. Brown) wrote:
> >"Joe \"Nuke Me Xemu\" Foster" <joe_at_bftsi0.UUCP> wrote in message
news:<1074784541.555078_at_news-1.nethere.net>...
> >> "Paul" <paul_at_not.a.chance.ie> wrote in message
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> >> > paul_geoffrey_brown_at_yahoo.com says...
> >> >
> >> > > > Your assumptions are invalid, which makes your posts easy to
ignore.
> I have
> >> > > > not hurt my cause at all. You simply lack the ability to
comprehend
> my
> >> > > > cause.
> >>
> >> > > Neca eos omnes. Deus suos agnoset.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > And for those of us who don't speak French?
> >
> > And to clarify something: I meant it as a comment on Bob's attitude,
> which
> > seems to me to amount to, "Don't talk, don't try to reason, just kill
> 'em
> > all. My cause is right and it's something they'd never understand
anyway."
> >
> > It's an way of framing disagreements that is alive and well.
> If Bob wasn't here, would you still be interested in a moderated forum?

Good question. I posted a question to the new database theory forum that Marshall mentioned on www.galahtech.com and it might be a dumb question, but doesn't seem like one to me and if someone has an answer, I'm interested. If it is a non-sensical question, then I'm happy to have a logical arguement as to why that is.

Even though I think I'm mature enough to ignore someone calling me stupid regularly, it really does put a dent in one's day to be called stupid or an idiot. I suspect that someone's life could be adversely affected by having a constant barrage of "you are stupid" messages, whether or not it is a true statement.

This group drives out people who are honestly looking for answers to reasonable, rational questions related to database theory by calling them names. While I would think I could handle the name calling, right after one such message, I ended up on a site that had one of those "want to test your IQ quickly? click here" ads on it and for the first time ever, I took them up on it just to verify that the computer still thinks I'm a genius, even if Bob thinks I'm an idiot.

So, to answer your question, I suspect that if Bob would use logic instead of name-calling to counter arguments he considers invalid, I'd be less interested in moving to a different forum. But Bob was here well before me, so I figure I can go to questions with people with whom I have an established professional relationship for such discussions already or to another forum. Then when I feel I can handle the varied responses -- logical and otherwise -- I might try here again sometime.

Cheers! --dawn Received on Fri Jan 23 2004 - 19:20:42 CET