Re: gEDA-user: POLL: On politeness

[Dave McGuire <mcguire@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Feb 24, 2006, at 6:31 PM, Frank wrote:
> I was just wondering if you guys think think the emails of Marc Price
> are a breach of politeness etiquette and dimishes the quality of this
> mailing list? Should this person be removed from the mailing list? I
> include his postings below.
>
> Personally, I found that the regulars here to be extremely helpful and
> they don't deserve that kind of crap.

  I don't know Marc personally, but I strongly suspect it's just a 
matter of presentation and perception...I don't think the guy actually 
intends to be crappy.

  Many people, especially net-newbies, type into an email composition 
window without thinking of how things are going to be taken on the 
other end.  Even after communicating via email for 20+ years, I am 
guilty of this myself sometimes...so I can easily envision a 
less-net-experienced person (no offense Marc) easily falling into this 
trap.

  Personally, while some of his questions are FAQs, I admire the energy 
with which he approaches this stuff and I think all of us should do our 
best to help him out in any way we can.  Today, it seems most young 
people go through their lives caring about nothing but Nintendo, "bling 
bling", and "reality TV"...and grow up caring about nothing but Bud 
Light and NASCAR.  Seeing someone approaching something like this with 
such enthusiasm is very refreshing and gives me hope for the future.

           -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Cape Coral, FL