Ad hominem attacks (was: file sharing painfully slow)

John C. Welch jwelch at bynkii.com
Sat Mar 24 15:01:11 PDT 2007


On 3/24/07 15:09, "don montalvo" <donmontalvo at mac.com> wrote:

>>>> This is the Murphy rhetoric method (patent pending)
>>>> 
>>>> 1) present a problem
>>>> 2) Wait for someone to try to explain it
>>>> 3) Pitch a hissy fit
>> 
>> Why is it that certain individuals here on the list (it's not just LuKreme -
>> there are others) feel the need to just be big jerks about the situation?
>> Doesn't matter if Chris or anyone is right or terribly wrong; there's just
>> no need to ridicule people here.
>> 
>> We don't want it here.  Stop with the name calling and ad hominem attacks.
>> If you can't abide, stop posting.
>> 
>> -Conrad
> 
> there are one or two people on this list (who unfortunately are on the other
> admin lists) who can't seem to leave their personal issues at home. they seem
> to have a need to constantly show how much they know - and how little others
> know, irrespective of the different ways we got to where we are. most people
> (and companies who need help) prefer to avoid these kinds of people. too bad
> on a mailing list you can't avoid them, so you have to filter out the
> obnoxious nonsense from those folks to get to the useful info. dogs are going
> to poop on the sidewalk...ya just have to walk around it to avoid getting it
> all over your shoes.

At least I've never threatened to beat anyone up Don.

-- 
John C. Welch         Writer/Analyst
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