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Posted by Bent Stigsen on 12/18/56 11:50
Markus Ernst wrote:
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> Yes... I was actually argueing with people trying to tell me not to
> top-post and to use a correct sig delimiter... :-) There are actually 2
> communication problems about this stuff in usenet:
> 1. People who tell newbies they are assholes instead of just pointing
> them the right direction
> 2. Newbies who assume they are told to be assholes even if they are
> politely pointed to the right direction...
It's one of those things I can't figure out. Even without the aspects of
vanity, selfishness or rudeness, it is allways tempting to consider ones
own views and ideals as ultimately correct, which I straight off would
think made it very doubtful, that a person would change his ways merely
presented with a polite suggestion. (both ways)
It would have been easy, if the "rules" had been all facts and numbers, but
they aren't. People come in from a world of liberal thinking, individualism
and cut-throat competition. Much different than the ideas of uniformity and
altruism on the net. It is two worlds with widely different definitions of
"common sense" and efficiency.
If people don't readily believe it (whatever "we" make up), then without the
means of persuasion by appeal to facts or common sense, what else is there
than to just generally make it unpleasant to disagree, and in return expect
any reasonable person to object to that.
Then again, who would deny sinners a fair chance to repent. :)
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/Bent
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