[Nottingham] Nettiquette and the Nottingham LUG list
Martin
martin at ml1.co.uk
Wed May 26 00:21:53 BST 2004
Michael Leuty wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 16:20, Martin wrote:
>>Godfrey Nix wrote:
>>>
>>>We do not want flame wars, ...
>>
>>Ohh I don't know... The odd one or two can be fun!
>
> It depends on what you want to do. If your aim is to demonstrate your
> erudition and powers of sarcasm then flames are fit for purpose. But if
> you want to change the mind of the person you are arguing with then they
> are counter-productive.
Very true. For my part, you can shoot me down in flames should I fall
into the erudite and sarcasm. I would hope to stay on the side of
'prodding' rather than useless flaming... And on the better side of OTT...
> Human nature is such that the more we are criticised and insulted, the
> more tenaciously we cling to the criticised beliefs.
Unfortunately often true, even to extremes of irrationality and egos...
> Only when people
> treat us courteously and try to understand our point of view are we
> likely to concede that they may be right.
Regards,
Martin
( To be taken with a beer and a smiley (;-))
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