On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:33:54 -0800 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip] > > Without taking sides on the issue of whether OT has gone too far or > > whether we should just expect people to use filters and 'ignore > > thread', I just want to point out that some of the OT'ers are among the > > most knowledgable and prolifically helpful of the posters on this list > > (I obviously have no basis for judgement about lurkers), e.g Roberto > > (my bias: he's apparently religious and anti-abortion, so I have a > > natural sympathy with him :)), and we should take that into account > > when criticizing them. > > I don't think it is prudent to excuse people from anti-social > behaviour just because they are > smarter/more-knowledgeable/otherwise-better than the average > bear. That said, of course, these kinds of flame-wars are exactly the > opposite of anti-social behavior. I certainly agree that intelligence does not excuse anti-social behavior. My point is that in this case the behavior isn't really anti-social; the concern is that it wastes readers time, and when the people in question are contributing a great deal, it's really looking a gift horse in the mouth to criticize them for something like this. Celejar -- ssuds.sourceforge.net - Home of Ssuds and Ssudg, a Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
