Re: Why result to insults instead of reasoned arguements? Was: The wisdom of the object mentors
From: Laurent Bossavit <laurent_at_dontspambossavit.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 23:15:52 +0200
Message-ID: <MPG.1eed6be783f86a3c989a2b_at_news.noos.fr>
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 23:15:52 +0200
Message-ID: <MPG.1eed6be783f86a3c989a2b_at_news.noos.fr>
Marshall,
> Ha ha. Note that we are not in meatspace now, but on usenet.
You're saying that as if they were separate universes.
We're professionals in the same field; it's possible we might bump into each other at a conference, for instance, or at a job interview. On that basis, I conduct my conversations with people here no differently than I would if we were scheduled to meet tomorrow IRL.
If anything, we should consider that stricter standards of conduct apply to Usenet. The details of a conversation IRL can be forgotten; insults hurled here are recorded for posterity.
Laurent Received on Sun Jun 04 2006 - 23:15:52 CEST