From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Patrick Kelly" To: , "'Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs'" <9fans@9fans.net> References: <001f01cade4a$be647040$3b2d50c0$@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:26:07 -0400 Message-ID: <002501cade5b$738cadb0$5aa60910$@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] Mars Needs Women (was Re: TeX: hurrah!) Topicbox-Message-UUID: 069f92a2-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > -----Original Message----- > From: 9fans-bounces@9fans.net [mailto:9fans-bounces@9fans.net] On = Behalf Of lucio@proxima.alt.za > Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 2:02 PM > To: 9fans@9fans.net > Subject: Re: [9fans] Mars Needs Women (was Re: TeX: hurrah!) >=20 > > You have repetitively ignored the heart of my e-mails, and even = ignored chunks of what I've said just to criticize me. >=20 > Sorry, knee-jerk response. If I disagree with what you say, I'm much = more likely to include it and criticise it than to ignore it. And I see > little value (to the community) in merely stating that I agree with = you on something, as was the case with the first half of your > message. So don't shoot from the hip, I do believe that the term = "friendly fire" is an oxymoron when a bullet strikes me. Yeah, this whole thing got a little out of hand. I was mad, not for the disagreement, but for misinterpreting what was = (at least I thought) a clear statement. I tend to get that way; it's a = bit of a pain. At any rate, you are right in saying no good comes from "shooting" you. = I need to learn to save ammo for the true trolls ^^. Sorry about all this. =20 > ++L