From: Jean-Hugues ROBERT <jean_hugues_robert@...>
Date: 2004-06-16T07:56:08+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] celsoft.com/Battery 0.1.1

At 06:46 16/06/2004 +0900, you wrote:
>On Tuesday 15 June 2004 14:36, Austin Ziegler wrote:
>> Sean O'Dell [mailto:sean@celsoft.com] :
>> [...]
>>
>> > Oh, it's fine when personalized insults about the quality of my
>> > projects are posted here, but not when I return the same.
>>
>> Wrong. I commented specifically on what I saw as shortcomings of
>> your testing library and what I thought a better action would have
>> probably been. I *did* make comments about your attitude, proven in
>> spades, but not an insult.
>>
>> Honestly, Sean: chill. Contribute to the community.
>
>I do contribute, and don't count on me "chilling" with anyone who holds 
>conversations with me the way some people do around here.  It's not going to 
>happen.  To get respect, give it, don't ask for it for the sake of "the 
>community."  You and several others have been entirely childish, ignorant, 
>obstinate, illiterate and willfully prideful, unwilling to admit the simplest 
>mistakes such as not knowing the meaning of the word "arbitrary" and having 
>to look it up and argue as if it's not a word used every day in the English 
>language but rather something to dissect and twist around.
>
>Take the personal stuff private, and I'll do the same.  So long as it comes 
>out here, my replies will be here.  Anything worth replying to posted here 
>will be replied here.  If you want to go off-list, then email me.
>
>        Sean O'Dell

<META>
Mailing list threads are great. I wish there would be two modes:
  - Factual mode.
  - Emotionnal mode.
That way, people could filter out emotional stuff when they like facts
only.
</META>

Back to emotions.

Hum... I am still waiting for you to:
  1) Admit that "arbitrary" means multiple things, most of them being
very negative and that consequently using it did lead to confusion.
  2) Find a better adjective, to contribute to cleaning the confusion.

Now, having to look it up, as I did, is in no way the sign of
a lack of knowledge, it is not a mistake either. I looked it up to provide
*you* with some authoritative information, hoping that you would understand
why "arbitrary" generated such confusion, due to its multiple meanings.

In light of that information, you may understand that calling me:
  "childish, ignorant, obstinate, illiterate and willfully prideful, 
  unwilling to admit the simplest mistakes"
hurts my feelings. If you care about that I'll be happy to hear your
apologies.

Yours,

JeanHuguesRobert

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