On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 01:32:52PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > My first message was quite polite. > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/06/msg00426.html
Your first message was factually incorrect *and* rude. I merely showed where you've mistaken. > My second message went into details about precisely *why* one does not > do this dangerous thing, but I was already pushed into attack mode, > because my initial polite message was treated with venom and scorn. > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/06/msg00429.html Your second message was filled with CAPS, which is universally recognised equivalent for shouting and screaming. Not the most farthest thing from the "polite message", but close enough. > So, maybe I should have done a dry second attempt to educate the offending > person, rather than responding to the venom and scorn in kind. But more > likely, a second polite message would just have been brushed off AGAIN. I'll take that as apology, let's leave it at that. Reco