Nope, just ignore him is the best thing. But even I have trouble practicing what I preach.
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Chris Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually I have a different perspective, arguably much less mature but > certainly more practical. Before I knew who this stain was I wrote a > message that quite directly confronted and disarmed him, and then I > realized that he is simply impervious. Really, he is. Every week or so a > new one will pop up, usually ruffling some feathers, generating some > 'enlightened' responses, and then leading to a few 'ignore the troll' > messages. They don't work. So I say we take a stand in the name of > good'ole immaturity and simply insult this guy with the most asinine > comments we can muster. Not insults generated by your being angry at > what he said, but simply for the sake of smearing him. This isn't my > normal character but I found it fun, and it couldn't possibly be any > less effective than anything else that's been tried. Who knows, maybe > we'll come up with a few gems that find themselves on http://bash.org/. > > So on that note I'm going to grab a beer, write some code, and drink to > this poor bastard! > > > > Darío Vasconcelos wrote: > > The thing that bothers me is, > > > > I'm pretty sure that the Wicket community is misrepresented by this little > > troll, and he's probably laughing every time he checks this mailing list to > > see what kind of responses happened as a result to his last dull > > characterization as a genuine Tapestry user. > > > > Nevertheless, whoever this guy is, he's assuming that people will feel > > offended by Wicket's technical superiorities over Tapestry or that, by > > getting angry responses, people will fly away from Tap. I'm sure world > > domination is not in Howard's agenda nor in ours, and proliferation of a > > framework has never been a consequence of nice and gentle mailing lists > > (think Hibernate, Rails). We all just want to use a tool that helps us > build > > and maintain better sites with less work. > > > > So come on, let this guy write his provocations alone in the desert. The > > list is meant to help us all understanding better the funcionality and > > possibilities of Tapestry -and of course, help each other-, not to serve as > > a PR tool. The Tapestry list has always been full of bright and nice > people, > > that take time from their own schedules to help others, not zealots trying > > to fight some religious war over their framework of choose. > > > > Regards, > > > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Chris Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > >> You were wrong. We are both arrogant and hostile, so piss off and be > >> gone with ya! > >> > >> Rob Smeets wrote: > >> > >>> Guys, > >>> > >>> I hoped you would rally behind me and offer some ideas to counterfight > >>> > >> my > >> > >>> colleagues. Rather you are calling me names. I am very dissapointed and > >>> > >> hope > >> > >>> you will all one day grow up. I thought the Tapestry community have nice > >>> people. You have proved to be very arrogant and bad tempered. I hope to > >>> > >> be > >> > >>> the LAST newbie wanting to jump onto the Tapestry bandwagon and that the > >>> others reading this would all drop off Tapestry like flies. > >>> > >>> Have a nice day. > >>> > >>> Rob > >>> > >>> On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Stroeber, Andreas < > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> I suggest scheme. > >>>> > >>>> The more people grow up, the more they behave childish. > >>>> > >>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> For trolls such as yourself... I'd suggest you adopt struts 1 to > >>>>> ensure maximum pain. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> Plain servlets and JSPs would be even better! > >>>> > >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > > > > > > > > > -- Howard M. Lewis Ship Creator Apache Tapestry and Apache HiveMind --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
