Re: Fun and flames
- Posted by "Lucius L. Hilley III" <lhilley at CDC.NET> Mar 06, 2000
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----- Original Message ----- From: "DB James" <dbjames at PENN.COM> To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 1:28 PM Subject: Fun and flames > ---------------------- Information from the mail header ----------------------- > Sender: Euphoria Programming for MS-DOS <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU> > Poster: DB James <dbjames at PENN.COM> > Subject: Fun and flames > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > > Hi all, > > Boy I MUST be nuts to comment on the flames around JOK3R request for info, but > here goes. > > First of all, this is one of the best communities of programmers I have ever > seen. The list has an impressive number of people who are knowledgeable and who > > are willing to help. <SNIP> >This topic has many levels, twists, turns, subtleties. No one is going to > convince another of the True Path. For myself, I try to keep a balance, without > > sacrificing my ability to make a decision if it is needed. I will point out > that we deal freely with each other without knowing if we share the same > world-view and values. Just think how little we would talk if we waited to be > sure the other person had the Right Ideas as we, of course, do. > > --DB James (Quark) > Please dwell on the last sentence before making your next response. I very much agree with that sentence more than anything thing else on this list. I know others that do things that I don't approve of them doing. I don't and won't name names. I still associate with them and consider them to be a good friends. I still help them. They still help. We all have are flaws. Some of us may have worse flaws than others. "May he that hath no sin cast the first stone." OR something like that. +----------+--------------+--------------+ | Hollow | ICQ: 9638898 | AIM: LLHIII | | Horse +--------------+--------------+ | Software | http://www.cdc.net/~lhilley | +----------+-----------------------------+