Jousting? Really?

[Dick Dowdell]

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 6:17 AM, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:

> On 12/02/2010 03:27 PM, Mark wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 7:57 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> >> On 12/01/2010 03:23 PM, Mark wrote:
> >> ...
> >>
> >>> Or do you have an issue with this that I/we should know?
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Do you have a resolution for the OP? If not then perhaps it might be
> >> better to not spend time jousting in OT subthreads with others.
> >>
> >>
> > I wasn't jousting, I was asking if there was something else about
> > Synaptic vs. other such tools I/we should know.
> >
> > I guess it's terrible form now for someone to answer a question and
> > ask one in return.  I'll try not to do that any more, since it's such
> > an offensive idea.  Perhaps we shouldn't provide advice, either.
> > How's that?
> >
> > Or, just maybe it would be better for the list members NOT to assume
> > hostility behind the text on the screen when there might not be any,
> > and in so doing generate the same.
> >
>
> Amen, but you asking for a heck of a lot......
>
> BC
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Amen as well.  I sometimes get the impression that not all of our colleagues
on this list have reached adulthood.  Users of Ubuntu come in all ages,
shapes, sizes, and cultures.  To take offense where none is intended evokes
the schoolyard, not a serious support list.

Regards,
Dick Dowdell
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