Off-topic posting (was Re: FSF condemns partnership between Mozilla and Adobe to support Digital Restrictions Management)

Zenaan Harkness zen at freedbms.net
Wed May 21 23:05:33 UTC 2014


Please post such self-defense "I'm so fragile" emails to d-community-offtopic.

Thanks.

On 5/22/14, Jerry Stuckle <jstuckle at attglobal.net> wrote:
> On 5/21/2014 1:37 AM, Bob Holtzman wrote:
>> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 08:12:36PM -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>> On 5/20/2014 5:05 PM, David Guntner wrote:
>>
>>           ..........large snip.........
>>>
>>>> I've been using the internet since the 80's, and yes, I'm perfectly
>>>> capable of kill-filing those topics. If all I was concerned about was
>>>> just me, I'd do it.  But I want the list to remain useful for others as
>>>> well.
>>>>
>>>
>>> In that case I've got you by at least 10 years - I've been on since
>>> it was arpanet in the early 70's.
>>
>> That's it. That explains everything. He's showing early signs of
>> senility. "No damned whippersnapper is going to tell *him* what to do".
>> It's akin to "get off my lawn, you kids".
>>                    ..........equally large snip...........
>
> No, it shows he's not the only one who's been around for a while.  And
> experience is the best teacher; I KNOW how to killfile threads I'm not
> interested in.  Obviously some people here don't - no matter how long
> they've been on the internet.
>
> Senility?  ROFLMAO!  But then trolls always find ways to make ad hominem
> attacks.
>
> Maybe it's just that I've been around enough that I don't give a damn
> what people like him think.

I really wish that were the case. Your inability to NOT respond to
such emails prima facie demonstrates the converse.



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