On Thu 23 Mar 2017 at 11:07:22 +0100, Mart van de Wege wrote: > Jonathan Dowland <j...@debian.org> writes: > > > On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 08:06:46AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > >> On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 08:52:46PM -0400, Catherine Gramze wrote: > >> > Do you prefer that people move on to other distros after a base system > >> > only > >> > installation because the Debian installer let them inadvertently get > >> > there? > >> > >> If they're like you, yes. Good riddance. > > > > This thread is a great example of why I really despise debian-user > > sometimes. > > There's no reason to be so hostile, you simply disagree with each other. > > This > > list is too toxic a lot of the time. Please either post friendly and > > constructively or not at all. > > I disagree. Sometimes there is no disagreement, someone is just plain > wrong. Catherine has been given the use cases that disprove her thesis, > and has been contradicting herself. > > Continuing to be nice in some misguided attempt at false balance *does* > *not* *help*. If someone is wrong, they should be told; if they insist > on not wanting to be educated, at a certain point you must simply wash > your hands of them. It's not nice, but it *is* constructive.
"Wrong" is wrong. Sometimes a rubust reply is required. This is not in itself being hostile. The seeds of hostilty have probably been sown earlier with the publishing of ill thought out ideas and information. > "Cuiusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in errore" > - Cicero This man has been banned from debian.roman.equestris for having a malign and toxic influence. Do you really think you should be puffing him? -- Brian.
