Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators

From: paul@nospam.demon.co.uk (Paul Walker)

Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000

> I suspect that the people who miss my sarcasm are sarcasm-impaired.

Either that or (and you could consider this) your definition of sarcasm is
slightly different to other peoples. But, what the hell...

> However, I didn't ask for a long discussion about my posting style. I
 > would rather discuss the PBM industry.

>> That was not sarcasm, Greg, that
 >> was simply insulting a businessman for the hell of it.
 > No, it wasn't. You should consider being retrained in mind-reading.

I'm booked in a course on Monday.

> people like that label. You recall what Winston Churchill said about
 > it, of course.

Nope.

> Ah. Well, I'm sorry you have to descend to insults; perhaps if you
 > discussed issues instead, this newsgroup would be a better place?

Possibly. You could always try answering posts in a slightly clearer way, of

course. If you don't mean something to come across as condescending, then
don't write it as such - and I can guarantee you that at least 90% of people

would interpret what you wrote the same way I did.

FWIW, I'm not having this discussion because it's you, if you see what I
mean. I would have responded in the same way to anyone who wrote a message
like that.

Anyway. EOT.

Since you're after issues - do you think that email is a preferable medium
to paper?

Paul

--
To email me, replace nospam with black-sun.

"Champagne for my true friends!  True pain for my sham friends!"
  -- Joe Zeff in alt.sysadmin.recovery, 8th September 1998.

References

Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
paul@nospam.demon.co.uk (Paul Walker)
Wed, 23 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Wed, 23 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
paul@nospam.demon.co.uk (Paul Walker)
Wed, 23 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Wed, 23 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000