MAC OS X tiger help for a Windows technician

[Paul Lynch]

On 17 Jun 2007, at 07:19, John C. Welch wrote:

> On 6/16/07 19:12, "Scott Lewis" <sglewis at mac.com> wrote:
>
>>> As a minor point, everybody ranting about Dan like this creates  
>>> FAR more
>>> noise than Dan himself does.
>>
>> But he ignores private email rants, and just might be scaring away  
>> the
>> newbies... hopefully they'll read these too and realize some of us  
>> actually
>> joined the list to be helpful, rather than arrogant jerks.
>>
>> Not me... I joined the list to get help from the helpful.
>
> Gee, he ignores private email flames. How weird. However justified  
> you feel
> in ragging on him on the list, that doesn't change the fact that if  
> every
> message he posts generates 25 hate mails, those 25 people  
> are.not.helping.
>
> Is this logic akin to multivariable calculus or something

Every poster who defends bad manners on the mailing list is adding to  
the noise level, AND not helping (I don't care if you've been guilt  
tripped into making an on-topic post as well as this thread).  If the  
flames are caused by bad manners, then there is fault on both sides.   
IMHO, the one or two posters who defend Dan's bad attitude are doing  
more damage than Dan in the first place.

Ultimately, this is a matter for consensus and moderation, which is  
all a matter of opinions, and so not entirely responsible to ration  
discussion.  I feel that a certain amount of abuse is fair return on  
an admin list, but it does pollute the atmosphere to an extent; rabid  
defense of the indefensible is far worse.  That's just my opinion,  
and, as I am sure someone will point out, I am not a list mom.

Paul