Please find my 2G

[David Wolverton]

> On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 08:15:21PM +0930, Brian Astill wrote:
> > Frankly,  neither I nor anyone else should care a damn what 
> you think.  
> > My reaction was entirely appropriate, given that I was in 
> trouble and 
> > had insufficient knowledge or experience to know what to do.
> > A large number of people recognised this and did their very best to 
> > help.  They were successful both in helping me to understand the 
> > problem and to restore my system.  They have earned my respect and 
> > gratitude.
> > 
> > There is a much smaller group who preferred to take the 
> opportunity to 
> > demonstrate thier superiority and demean the enquirer. Such 
> Internet 
> > "playground bullies" earn nothing but contempt.
> 
> Brian,
>   I think this is one of those occasions where things tend to 
> get blown out of
>   proportion because email is such an ambigous medium. Im 
> sure that you in your
>   mind were curteous and responsive, but it also seems that 
> others on the list
>   have mistaken this thread for arrogance which may have put 
> some poeple off.
>   It really is an unforgiving medium and its easy to read too 
> much into each
>   email. In future just try to be careful how you phrase your 
> emails so they
>   can not be taken the wrong way. Similarly perhaps some 
> people should have
>   slightly thicker skins :-)
> 
>   I think we all learned something from the discussion - im 
> sure I once did
>   exactly the same mistakes as you did. We all live and 
> learn. Regardless there
>   is no need to escalate the thread into a flame war... (This 
> is not directed
>   at any specific person, but the group in general). 
> 
>   The most important message is that you, Brian, should not 
> feel discouraged
>   from asking more questions on this forum. This is what 
> linux is all about -
>   helping each other. Choose to ignore the replies that you 
> perceive as less
>   helpful, rather than flame them.

As the most flamed person on this list, I couldn't have possibly responded
better...  Well done, Michael.

If nothing else, I've learned things about 2G I didn't know before - so if
no other value has come out of it - thanks for the thread!


Regards,
David Wolverton