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Pete Holsberg
pjh42 at pobox.com
Tue Oct 23 03:26:37 UTC 2007
Bart Silverstrim has written on 10/22/2007 9:17 PM:
>
> Pete Holsberg wrote:
>> nad has written on 10/22/2007 6:21 PM:
>>> Ubuntu is not only for English speakers, it is for humans.
>> Like people who do not formulate precise questions? ;-)
>>
>>> Nobody is expected to master the English language to ask a question,
>>> and nobody is expected to answer questions they don't understand.
>>>
>> Nor should they offer wise-ass remarks posing as literal answers.
>
> Doesn't seem to keep asses from offering their own literal wisdom,
> apparently.
>
> It was a small bit of what was intended to be humor. Nothing more,
> nothing less, didn't know it would spark some f@#% flamewar from people
> lacking a humerus.
>
> How about everyone just shut the h#@$ up unless they just plain answer
> the exact question and get on topic then. Obviously conversation and
> humor are things that are supposed to be banned here since it was just a
> little jibe not meant to spark ANYTHING other than just a "lighten up a
> little". Maybe Ubuntu also means too much damn starch in your shirts.
>
> Thanks for turning the message boards into yet another usenet, people.
> Sorry to everyone who was so damn offended at such a minor offense. I
> didn't realize the community was so thin skinned and easily riled up
> over something that to me was so minor yet so many words now must be
> wasted to appease everyone's ego.
>
> Maybe I'll apologize with something that sounds more like an apology
> later when I simmer down myself after seeing what a whiny elementary
> school playground this list seems to be turning into.
>
Methinks you are responding to the wrong message, friend!
Humor is difficult to convey in emails. That's why *I* have a ;-) in my
message.
And you know that a humerus has nithing to do with humor, right?
Frankly, I think you're overreacting.
--
Pete Holsberg
Columbus, NJ
Maxim for the Internet Age: You can't teach an old mouse new clicks...
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