[Novalug] VI - rieties (was Re: vi question)

William Sutton william@trilug.org
Tue Apr 14 17:28:27 EDT 2009


Thanks, I think :-)

Frankly, I'm sorry to have been the source of a momentary flame war :-(

William Sutton

On Tue, 14 Apr 2009, Nino Pereira wrote:

> Let me jump into this discussion with a compliment: this is a
> well-written email without any typos.
>
> Thanks for elevating this mailing list's discussion level.
>
> Nino
>
> William Sutton wrote:
>> Where did *that* come from?
>> 
>> Let's back up a moment and analyze this situation:
>> 1. you stated you had some issues with vi due to eye sight, and typing, 
>> including a reference to mistyping things.
>> 2. you asked for suggestions.
>> 3. I, among others, provided suggestions that were intended to be 
>> constructive.
>> 4. Bonnie jumped on my case for being "mean" to you.
>> 5. You jumped on my case for "assuming" that you were careless when typing.
>> 6. I provided the textual evidence from your email to prove that my 
>> analysis of your typing as being careless was not an unwarranted 
>> assumption, but instead based on your own statement of fact.
>> 7. you apologize to the list for bringing your medical issues up.
>> 
>> This doesn't make logical sense.  Nowhere in any of the thread did anyone 
>> object to you mentioning your particular issues; neither did they belittle 
>> you for them.  Indeed, I believe most people on this list are sympathetic 
>> to the problems other people have, whether due to physical impairment, lack 
>> of knowledge of a topic, lack of understanding of that topic, etc.
>> 
>> I certainly did not intend to be hurtful, and did state that fact.  If 
>> there is something that comes across the list that I don't care for, my 
>> usual reaction is to delete it, not to respond to it.  I realize that you, 
>> and many others on the list (probably everyone excepting Daniel Chen) don't 
>> have anything to go on regarding my personality other than what is in the 
>> bare text of an email.  I would crave some consideration to thinking that 
>> what I say is harmless until demonstrated otherwise.
>> 
>> I would also suggest (and this you can take or leave as you want) that 
>> taking a helpful suggestion as an insult and then proferring an apology 
>> when one was neither appropriate nor wanted, is rather childish behavior.
>> 
>> William Sutton
>> (at 34, not nearly old enough to be considered an adult)
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, 14 Apr 2009, Beartooth wrote:
>>
>>> 	Mr. Sutton is right, of course; I have no business taking my private 
>>> medical troubles out on others. I apologize to him and the list.
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Beartooth Implacable, Curmudgeonly Codger Learning Linux
>>> On the Internet, you can never tell who is a dog --
>>> supposing you care -- but you can tell who has a mind.
>>> 
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