[svlug] attitudes

[Ian MacLure]

svlug at svlug.org writes:

	[ actually its Isaiah commenting on Rick's post but I'm stuck on a
Windoze box
	  with a lame mail client for the nonce ]

>Message: 11
>Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 12:08:03 -0400
>From: Isaiah Weiner <iweiner at redhat.com>
>To: Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com>
>Cc: Silicon Valley Lug <svlug at svlug.org>
>Subject: Re: [svlug] attitudes
>
>On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 08:53:27AM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
>> Sorry, Mike, but I just don't have the patience to deal such persons,
>and
>> summarily edit them out of my life.  Which is precisely what I did.
>> That, of course, does not prevent _you_ from dealing with him.  By all
>> means, feel free.

	Not to mention Miiister Jefferson's screed about evil triumphant.
>
>    But you have the patience to reply?  Surely it takes less effort to
>add
>them to a killfile than it does to berate them.  As Ian mentioned, the
>best
>policy is to ignore the individual.

	Not necessarily, there are those who all too often mistake stunned
	silence for rapt attention or even worse, tacit approval. Those folks 
	require a more active response. 

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