> People complain; it's the nature of the beast. But that doesn't mean they > have to be rude about it. Calling someone stupid is rude. Calling their > best efforts stupid is an indirect way of calling them stupid and if > anything, even ruder. Generally, I just ignore the rudeness and if it > becomes too much, I go somewhere else. After all, the first rule of the > internet is: You can be ignored in less than 5 seconds. > > If the Perl community wants to grow and become more relevant, it is going > to have to call people to task when they are rude, especially in a beginners > group. > > No, no one needs to be rude, but some people are. Some people are rude because they are just stupid, but I like to believe that the vast majority is rude because they don't know any better. I just think that getting a thick skin is not synonymous with accepting the rudeness. I try to very hard (and sometimes fail) not to be rude when reviewing scientific articles for publications for example, but I had to learn to get a thick skin, cause more often than not the reviews I get are just nasty! :)
T. -- "Education is not to be used to promote obscurantism." - Theodonius Dobzhansky. "Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto Me ha dado el sonido y el abecedario Con él, las palabras que pienso y declaro Madre, amigo, hermano Y luz alumbrando la ruta del alma del que estoy amando Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto Me ha dado la marcha de mis pies cansados Con ellos anduve ciudades y charcos Playas y desiertos, montañas y llanos Y la casa tuya, tu calle y tu patio" Violeta Parra - Gracias a la Vida Tiago S. F. Hori PhD Candidate - Ocean Science Center-Memorial University of Newfoundland
