From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] insularity From: lucio@proxima.alt.za In-Reply-To: <46BBE6C0-7831-11D8-B18D-000A95C53D8A@suspicious.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 18:48:23 +0200 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 33bf72b0-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > i stared at the last few messages to David with my mouth > open. Those were not very kind words to be spoken to > someone who has shown interest, willingness to actually > contribute and most importantly, humility. Repeated humility. I'm going to add my voice to Pip's and especially Rog's. I envy David's ability to get things done in a totally novel environment (I'm also a recent dot convert, thank you, David) and I have little trouble sympathising with David's queries, understanding that not everyone is as comfortable with English idioms as the Bell Labs ex-convicts are. As for those who have spent time on this list just to deplore David's behaviour, I believe they should put a bit more effort, in a considerably less anglocentric fashion, to understand where some of us come from and what we are able to contribute. It is a shame that I should waste more bandwidth to do this. ++L