Re: The wisdom of the object mentors (Was: Searching OO Associations with RDBMS Persistence Models)
From: Robert Martin <unclebob_at_objectmentor.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 07:45:51 -0500
Message-ID: <2006060207455143658-unclebob_at_objectmentorcom>
>
> Bob,
>
> You can't validly at once call people cowards, and say they
> are not using their BRAINS, and also compain about their
> name-calling and impoliteness. If name-calling should not
> be done, why are you doing it? The condescension and
> attempt to claim the high ground is inconsistent with
> simultaneous use of the same tactics that you are
> complaining about.
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 07:45:51 -0500
Message-ID: <2006060207455143658-unclebob_at_objectmentorcom>
On 2006-05-31 12:04:00 -0500, "Marshall" <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com> said:
>> >> Let this be a lesson to all you cowards who resort to ad-hominem >> attacks and name calling. THIS post is a very good rebut to mine. He >> actually used his BRAIN to invert my argument and throw it back in my >> face. And he did it without calling me a fool, or an idiot, or a >> trickster.
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> Bob,
>
> You can't validly at once call people cowards, and say they
> are not using their BRAINS, and also compain about their
> name-calling and impoliteness. If name-calling should not
> be done, why are you doing it? The condescension and
> attempt to claim the high ground is inconsistent with
> simultaneous use of the same tactics that you are
> complaining about.
You make a good point. Probabaly I should not have used the term "coward". On the other hand I have not resorted to the same level of ad-hominem attack as those I have complained about.
-- Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob) | email: unclebob_at_objectmentor.com Object Mentor Inc. | blog: www.butunclebob.com The Agile Transition Experts | web: www.objectmentor.com 800-338-6716 |Received on Fri Jun 02 2006 - 14:45:51 CEST