Exactly right, and I am never the one who loses his cool, I only blast back when the other party does first and resorts to personal attacks. I much rather prefer to stick to the subject matter than waste time on the unrelated personal attacks... jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Williams Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 5:21 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: list abuse Close your eyes and you might even see the spittle flying in one of JCO's recent posts. It reminds me of encounters with a borderline psychopath we had on the group many years ago. He vanished, suddenly, and without a trace. I was even threatened off list, as were others, with physical violence. There was another, also absent these days, who often became abusive and used four letter words with alacrity. But I shouldn't paint him black since I've used them myself. PDML has become much more civilized. But I learned, when I was still in Junior School, all you have to do to win an argument is make your opponent lose his temper. D Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Civil? <LOL> Your language is less than civil. Your attitude is > condescending, you're rude and antagonistic, your tone hostile. What > was the "personal attack" that you suffered? Please be specific. > > You probably should be thrown off the list, although, as an advocate > of free speech, I will defend your right to behave like a jerk and > speak like a gutter snipe. However, I do believe the list would be a > better place without you, even though you add a bit of interest, > color, and amusement. > > Shel > > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: J. C. O'Connell >> > > >> thats easy for you to say, you werent the one >> personally attacked (unprovoked) in the middle of a >> civil technical discussion for no reason. >> > > > > -- Dr E D F Williams www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/ 41660 TOIVAKKA - Finland - +358400706616 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
