Op 12-11-13 12:23, Ned Batchelder schreef: > On Tuesday, November 12, 2013 1:31:32 AM UTC-5, ru...@yahoo.com wrote: >> On 11/11/2013 06:16 PM, Ned Batchelder wrote: >>> Nikos has received a good deal of genuine advice. He has also been >>> genuinely difficult to help. >> >> Yes. If he is too difficult to help without getting >> angry because he won't do what you (generic) tell him >> then perhaps a more constructive response is to stop >> trying to help him rather than join the lynch mob that >> is making the atmosphere here far worse (IMO) than >> Nikos alone could. > > I absolutely agree with this.
This ignores the contribution of the spoon feeders. The frustration originates with seeing Nikos ignoring helpful advices and repeating the same question. So stop trying to help, doesn't deminish the frustration in a significant way as long as the spoon feeders continue to motivate Nikos in this kind of behaviour. As long as the spoon feeders are allowed to contribute to the frustration of other group members, you will have people who feel they are justified in venting their frustration in the news group. And only taking the venters to task while ignoring the spoon feeders will mostly result in not be taken serious and will produce rather bad will than good will to your goal. -- Antoon Pardon -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
