Correcting users
Cybe R. Wizard
cyber_wizard at mindspring.com
Mon Feb 1 04:45:11 UTC 2010
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:53:03 +0100
Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
> Patton Echols wrote:
> > Is "RTFM" an ad hominem attack? ;-)
>
> One could argue that RTFM implies that the other person hasn't done
> the necessary research. While that may be true, it is usually not
> obvious.
>
>
> Nils
>
I think there are a lot of thin skins here. Nothing that occurs here
is an attack. It is only an opinion, even if worded strongly. At most
it is /personally/ offensive wording of a message. What offends you
may not offend me. Deal with that.
I cannot hit you with my words. This fact is borne out by law in most
places; a verbal assault is /not/ equal to a physical attack.
Get over it. Some people disagree. Others give out bogus advice.
A person who repeatedly posts erroneous advice /should/ be dealt with
by the community harshly; they harm the community as a whole.
Those who disagree should, of course, take it to sounder. ;-]
Cybe R. Wizard
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