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[Craig White]

On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 23:48 -0500, David Curry wrote:

> The "email to Frank" that you refer to must be the message I sent to 
> Frank Stratton privately, off list and was not -- repeat -- not directed 
> to fedora-list.  Mr. Stratton directed a message to fedora-list that 
> quoted my message (or parts of it) proclaiming name-calling.   The 
> operable phrase that he reacted to claiming name-calling was, "... act 
> tells me that you are either incredibly inept socially or a world class 
> TURD."   I presented two alternatives to Mr. Stratton and he self 
> selected the alternative most appropriate to himself.
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personally, I think the private email approach is really bad form and I
definitely resent it when someone does top me as you did to Frank (send
a private email). This is after all a public forum and the private email
is an intrusion into private space.

In my mind, there is no substantive difference between outright calling
them a name or giving them a Hobson choice and suggesting that they
picked the reference. This is just plain ignorant and arrogant. I surely
don't see any sensitivity coming from your keyboard.

Not that I expect that my view of your behavior is going to change it,
but I could only hope that you might eventually see that you are over
reaching and over reacting.

Craig