On Sunday 01 April 2007, Seemant Kulleen wrote: > On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 23:39 +0100, Steve Long wrote: > > Seemant Kulleen wrote: > > > That's uncalled for. There's no need to get nasty. > > > > I applaud your intent, but feel it would have far more effect on the > > atmosphere if applied to a few of your devs, rather than users who employ > > milder terms? > > > > It just seems knowingly unfair, and I don't believe that is your purpose. > > Not getting into this. If your intent is to undermine, please do it > privately. If you're just trying to be inflammatory (as you seem to be > often), please put a stop to it *NOW*. Seemant: Please, please, learn a bit about British English idiom. Your gross over-reactions to both what I, and Steve Long, wrote indicate that while you have interpreted our words precisely, you have completely failed to appreciate the overall nuance of meaning in either message. Neither of which carries anything like the level of inflammatory obloquy which you seem to have deduced from them. I don't know who first uttered the phrase: "We are separated by our common language." or words to that effect, but I see the effect of it in postings to this list time and time again. It's a shame.
> Like I've said before, just because you know how to type an > email and send it, doesn't mean you *should*. Indeed! You stole my very words! A case for the thought police I do believe! > You can check my posts to see me address anyone getting out of hand. Not today, thank you. For those readers who might have difficulty with this message, please rest assured that the second two paragraphs are intended to be jocular, and consult Princeton University's Wordnet system for precise meanings. -- CS -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
