OT: printer support [was: Re: Should I add this Repo?]

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Wed, 10/29/08, Rashkae <ubuntu at tigershaunt.com> wrote:

> From: Rashkae <ubuntu at tigershaunt.com>
> Subject: Re: OT: printer support [was: Re: Should I add this Repo?]
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 9:18 AM
> Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> 
> >>
> >>
> > You know Derek, you really are a obnoxious smart ass
> of a person, but others have told you that before. The only
> time you've ever responded to my posts is to be critical
> with little if any help provided. That's the case in
> most of your replies. Too bad as you certainly have the
> knowledge and expertize to provide good help. You need an
> attitude adjustment so that you realize, if that's
> possible, that you are just another human being and not some
> Ubuntu Linux god.
> > I'd like to meet you face to face and hear you
> make some of the comments you are prone to do, the attitude
> adjustment would be forthcoming and the laughing_out_loud
> would come from the othr side of your teeth. But you'd
> have to travel from Canada to SoutheastTexas where people
> are friendly and know proper manors and behavior. I'm
> only a 155 pound 71 year old with a bad back but it's a
> promise I'd love and would keep. I'm no Karl here
> and you just need to shut up for once in your life. Let me
> know if your ever down this way. I'll make a special
> effort to meet you face to face.
> 
> Derek is like a mad dog with a bone when he thinks he's
> right,, he'll
> never let it go.  One of you has to stop, or keep going to
> infinity, I
> don't really care since I had no horse in this race.
> 
> But if you intend to end the discussion with this
> craptastic Internet
> tough guy crap, don't go around comparing yourself
> favorably to Karl.
> You make him look good.
> 
Read the entire threads and decide for yourself. It does go on an on. And it matters not to me how you decide, I did what I had to do. I'm not upset with Derek's defense of proper Ubuntu usage but with his sarcastic, condescending and total disrespect for people and their opinions and feelings. Your comments above and the original response to it says a lot about Derek and his personality. I'm no tough guy; just a somewhat frail 71 yr old that can just barely walk due to bad back and failed surgery. So, why do you think I would get so upset to say what I did? Others have commented of the issue and I didn't get upset with them. Read the entire post and decide for yourself.
I do apologize to Karl, not meaning to insult him but to only to point out that I wouldn't take it a meekly as he does. Sorry, Karl, I shouldn't have mentioned your name.
But if I'm a "craptastic Internet tough guy", pray tell me just what Derek is?
I'm not the only one to get upset with Derek and his ways and it's not the first time for me. There's been at least one other calling down Derek in the last 3 or 4 months that you might remember if you read all the list. 
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net