Timo Schoeler wrote:
< theo was particularly rude to me and uses coarse language despite my
being a useful member of the community >
timo,
you're definitely not the first nor shall you be the last person that
theo calls a bunch of names, whether the names are fitting or not. when
you consider that he has run this project for as long as he has, taking
the the funding problems into special consideration, you gotta cut him
some slack. he has called me a number of names but i don't sweat it
because (1) they were sweeping and inaccurate and (2) it's theo, he's
got a real short fuse AFAICT.
namecalling occurs on many mailing lists and much goes unnoticed, albeit
more subtly delivered than in this case. as childish as you feel the
namecalling is, it is even more childish to take names you are called to
heart. also consider that it is excessively rare for posters on this
list to be actively censored, a true delight IMO, a rarity amongst lists
laden with oversensitive and insecure ;) computer folks. whether this is
done to accommodate theo or because people here actually believe in some
sort of freedom of speech i am not sure, i enjoy it regardless.
most of what theo says is spot-on but when he gets worked up there is
bound to be some collateral damage. AFAICT your case is one of these and
you shouldn't sweat it if theo calls you a "raging slashdot dumbfuck who
never submits diffs", etc, etc. frankly, i would rather have the
situation as-is with theo because being a supporter of a group run by
someone who walks on eggshells around oversensitive folks in order to
get on their good side and receive myriad small donations from them is
patently lame IMO. hell, i fully expect that, given the opportunity,
theo will call me plenty more names in the time to come but i don't
really give a shit =)
cheers,
jake
