Re: GLUG: SuSE 7.0...

["Jason Doller" <rjd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 1 Dec 2000, at 23:34, Neil Thompson wrote:

> However, for someone to troll on something that is known to cause flame
> wars, and then say "Deal with it", goes beyond the pale.

Note the smiley ;-)

Also, who in their right mind would get into a flame war about a Linux 
Distro?  What's the point?

I started on Slackware and moved to Redhat because it had better 
support.  I later moved to SuSE because it had more CDs, and stayed 
there because I like the way they do business.

The guys who use debian swear by it.  I've heard very few bad things 
about it, but unfortunately have never used it.

If you think I belong in your killfile, then by all means put me there.  
Personally, I like to get to know people better before I make decisions 
like that.  I regret that you took such offense from a relatively inoffensive 
statement (and yes, it was inoffensive), but at the end of the day, you 
make your own decisions.  

However, by saying you are putting me in yout _twit_ filter implies that 
I'm a twit.  Wether or not I am is beside the point, it's rude to call 
someone names in public.  A simple message to me privately would 
have had the same effect (unless your intention was to embarass me 
with the statement, in which case your only option was to send this 
message to the list), but been more polite.  

You are also making this personal, something that it's not (unless you 
go by the names Mandrake, RedHat or Debian, in which case I 
apoligise, I didn't mean to insult you) (that was a joke.  Humour.).

Finally, you took offense with my comment "Deal with it".  Why?  
Wouldn't the list be a better place if people just quietly "dealt" with 
things they didn't agree with?

This topic is officially dead.  This _topic_ is going into my killfile.  As 
soon as I create a killfile.  Until now I had no need for one.  What is the 
best way to set up a killfile?  Procmail?  If you respond to this last 
paragraph, please chnge the subject as this subject might be banned 
from this computer without further notice.

Regards,

Jason Doller
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