Re: Flames and flaming.
Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
Mon, 28 Sep 1998 17:58:01 +1000
Larry McVoy writes:
> First of all, I'm not sure Ed Strong's comments had anything to do with
> me. The only Mr Johnson I know I've talked to is Micheal Johnson at
> Redhat and my dealings with him have always been very pleasant.
>
> So I think you might be assuming something incorrectly here.
>
> : LM is a know it all.. Sometime's he's VERY annoying.. But unfortuantly
> : he's usually VERY right. I've argued with him. He was right. I wish he
> : wasn't because he attitude is tough.
>
> My apologies if I was annoying you needlessly.
>
> I do tend toards the know-it-all in areas where I feel I can claim
> I know-at-least-quite-a-bit. I get more vocal when I'm dealing with
> people that pretty clearly don't know as much and aren't listening.
> It's worth mentioning that I monitor this list for one reason and one
> reason only: to do what I can to help make Linux get better or at least
> not get worse. If I annoy, it is absolutely not intended to be personal.
> I forget that not everyone has learned the difference between:
>
> "that is a stupid idea" // not personal
> "you are a stupid person" // very personal
>
> It's sort of basic to any spirited discussion that ideas can be shot
> down as bad without implying that the person who had the idea is bad.
> And I try hard to keep it out of the personal by focussing on the ideas,
> but not everyone sees it that way.
>
> I strongly suspect that when Mr Gooch is told "that's a bad idea",
> he hears "you're a stupid person". It would explain his persecution
> complex.
Unlikely.
> : Perhaps the price of being right so much is that you sound too sure. :)
>
> Yeah, I suppose. For what it is worth, I really don't want to be one of
> those old nay-sayers that tell everyone else that they are doing the wrong
> thing without trying to help them do the right thing. I too have been
> frustrated by that sort of person. However, helping people is a two way
> street and perhaps Mr Gooch is more of a one way person.
Also unlikely.
Regards,
Richard....
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