Re: Jawaid Bazyar On Vacation

[yoshi@CSOS.ORST.EDU (Yoshi)]

Todd P. Whitesel (toddpw@bradbert.ugcs.caltech.edu) wrote:
: If anything on c.s.a2 needs moderating, it is Ian's god damn attitude.

	I'd have to disagree, Todd. Ian's attitude i've been able
	to work with for awhile now; yeah, I may not like it, but
	that's my problem, isn't it; just like people don't like
	my pessimistic and "unrealistic" attitude, they've gotta
	deal with it: now, whether that means hiring a hitman to
	pick me off or just plain-out "letting it go" I don't know;
	but to get somewhere, you've gotta learn to compensate.

	Ian's attitude is fine with me; it's got flaws, as does
	my attitude (mine has more, that's for sure), but no one's
	perfect, and I doubt strongly Ian's trying to become such.

: Clearly Jawaid is so far under the gun that he can't possibly have enough
: time to read news and post responses right now anyway, so everyone who
: has gotten offended, please take a pill and relax until the SS release
: date blows over and we can figure out how to get things back to "normal".

	They won't be the same ever again; I think this entire topic
	has gotten out-of-hand; it's in the past, but the past is al-
	ways something to remember to remind us what to do or what not
	to do. I don't think things'll ever "be back to normal," but i'm
	not stopping you from hoping.

: here right now. This whole business is a textbook case of newsgroup
: self-destruction waiting to happen, and it will if we don't chill out
: (especially Ian) and re-engage our brains before posting.

	Post schmost. Stop pointing fingers at Ian, and start pointing
	fingers at everyone, including yourself. Make it fair; IMHO,
	Ian shouldn't be blamed and insulted because he expressed him-
	self; hell, I did the same thing on c.s.a2.gno awhile back,
	and got the living sh** flamed out of me, just because I was
	expressing my previous interactions w/ GNO and how I disliked
	what I saw; I only got one or two replies of "Hey, I agree
	with you!" while the rest were "What in the hell gives you the
	right to talk about a product that way?" - I've got the right
	to express myself, as does Ian: I would PREFER we, as in all
	of us, be open-minded on this and try to see things from his
	eyes rather than just gouging his out.

	Sorry folks, but I don't see too many people looking at this
	from both sides; I always expressed *MY* opinion in the post
	from Jawaid about IRC; those're my feelings, not how I do
	react in an instance such as this one. My personal opinion
	shouldn't influence my ideals of looking at things from both
	sides as best as possible: I just wish everyone had the ability
	to.

	...and if you consider it crazy? Well then, there's a real simple
	reply: "Ian, keep being honest & expressing yourself!"

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