On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:28:42 -0600, thad05 wrote:
> Kier <vallon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I may not agree with or believe much of what Roy posts, but that doesn't
>> mean I approve of the kind of filth being posted about him by you and all
>> you silly little nyms. *You* have lost the argument by posting such tripe.
>
> I don't always agree with the editorial spin Roy puts on some of
> his News posts, but I welcome his input in this forum, and I find
> many of his posts are great seeds for some fun debates. Unlike
> Roy, the trolls that descend to the sort of trash talk and personal
> attacks you describe add nothing to the debate; they 'lose' their
> argument in my opinion as well.
My personal take? That Roy should cool off on some of the boycott this,
boycott that stuff, and be more accurate in his posts. But I see no reason
to think it justified for anyone to attack him in the way he has been
attacked by some of the scum in COLA.
>
> Attack Roy's arguments if you wish. Pick apart his editorialized
> summaries if you think they are inaccurate. Heck, complain about
> the volume of posts if that really bothers you. But when you
> resort to adolescent primate feces throwing, it is the thrower
> and not the target that ends up looking like crap.
Agreed. Although, that said, I think this can also be applied to the way
Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer et al are spoken of here at times. It's all
very well making stupid remarks about 'Monkey-Boy' and so forth, but it
really does more to demean the poster than the object of the post. A bit
less of that all round might be beneficial. God knows I sling the insults
as well as anyone at certain posters here, but I could just as happily
stop if they would be less offensive in their anti-Linux stance.
And it's perhaps no wonder that Roy is a mite paranoid when certain
cowardly types post filthy innuendos about his sexuality.
>
> IMHO, of course.
>
Likewise. Slanging matches are fun for a while, but eventually they do
obscure the real purpose of this group, which is to advocate Linux as much
as possible.
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Kier
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