Re: THe OverRelational Manifesto (ORM)

Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> Marshall Spight wrote:
>
> >I am the champion only of politeness.
>
> I go to technical newsgroups for technical correctness.
> Without that, they are useless.

Since the two are independent, and each is good individually, I would then expect you would want to maximize both, yes?

> I like a technical newsgroup to have technically correct data.

Me, too.

> >Politeness. Civil discourse. An end to ad hominem attacks, and
> >a return to on-topic, substantive discussion of data management.
> >I do not particularly expect this to happen, but I have some
> >modest hope.
>
> And since anyone can talk BS without getting effectively called
> on it by your standards, [...]

Incorrect. This is in fact the opposite of what I advocate.

Let me make it very, very simple:

1. Insulting people: bad
2. Refuting bad ideas on technical merit: good

I ask everyone to please do 2, and please do not do 1.

I *encourage* people to debunk bad ideas on the basis of technical arguments. I have been quite consistent on this point. I do it myself often.

Marshall Received on Thu Apr 20 2006 - 13:19:12 CDT