From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2007-05-05T22:48:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby love

On 5/5/07, Ivor Paul <ivorpaul@gmail.com> wrote:
> My apologies.
>
> The notion of my comment "Have you guys reaped any benefits? :p" being
> seriously interpreted as a power-hungry "could I maybe unlock some hidden
> power here" type phrase had not even occurred to me. I made a comment which
> amongst my friends would have been interpreted as a cute retorical foray
> into "stereotypical geek role-playing".

Ivor, I didn't really interpret it that way, but closer to what you
intended (i think).  I wasn't really just offended, I just thought it
was a good place to point out the risks of interpretations of comments
like that.

So if I made it seem like I was singling you out, I didn't intend to.
I was trying to make a general point and get some serious discussion
from it.  Next time I should be less lazy and start a new thread.