On Tue, 2012-08-21 at 09:36 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 21 aug 12, 14:02:48, David wrote: > > On 21/08/2012, Phil Dobbin <bukowskis...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > I'd like to apologise for the abuse you have suffered at the hands of > > > certain members of this list. Uncalled for, rude & unhelpful. > > > > I agree. Attacking strangers might be a brief distraction from a bad > > day, or a sad life, but it is not the majority spirit here. Please > > ignore. > > Please don't make haste in assuming malice. Communication via e-mail > between people of different native languages and cultures is quite a > challenge, especially for humor and sarcasm. > > http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt > > - A good rule of thumb: Be conservative in what you send and > liberal in what you receive. You should not send heated messages > (we call these "flames") even if you are provoked. On the other > hand, you shouldn't be surprised if you get flamed and it's > prudent not to respond to flames. > > [...] > > - Remember that the recipient is a human being whose culture, > language, and humor have different points of reference from your > own. Remember that date formats, measurements, and idioms may > not travel well. Be especially careful with sarcasm. > > > Kind regards, > Andrei
I used sarcasm, but using sarcasm is bad behavior. And I'm not proud when I misbehave. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1345531482.6041.43.camel@localhost.localdomain
