[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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