Re^3: Yet Another Appeal for Civility

My problem there is you didn’t ask an individual. You asked all of us. If someone steals something at work and the whole office gets lectured about stealing, I’m going to be injured that my integrity was called into question and the thief is going to make a note to be more careful. With the gaggle of anonymonks, there is not even a need to be more careful.

You are obviously clear-headed with worthy goals on this issue. I just wanted you to know it raises my, at least, hackles and I do not believe this particular issue can be improved with this kind of approach. Being fair, boostering for Perl without trash talking Python, answering rude or stupid questions nicely with gentle corrections, etc… being the change you want to see, this works. Trolls enjoy being trolls for its own sake. Trying to talk them out of it is nothing but a gilded invitation to dig in and party.

Update: removed errant comma.

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Re^4: Yet Another Appeal for Civility by perldigious (Priest) on Mar 15, 2017 at 15:29 UTC
All valid points, thank you. I am certainly guilty of feeding a troll or several in my day, unintentional though it may be since I'm self diagnosed with DTDS (deficient troll detection syndrome) :-). I apologize for raising your and any other monk's hackles, that wasn't my intention. I agree that lecturing all for the misconduct of the one or the few is extremely annoying (I've worked long enough in corporate life to empathize), and in this case you and others correctly point out I am being that form of offender. Irritating managerial like behaviors are apparently sneaking in to me via osmosis. :-) Just another Perl hooker - And definitely not the kind with any `$class` whatsoever.	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^4: Yet Another Appeal for Civility
by perldigious (Priest) on Mar 15, 2017 at 15:29 UTC

All valid points, thank you. I am certainly guilty of feeding a troll or several in my day, unintentional though it may be since I'm self diagnosed with DTDS (deficient troll detection syndrome) :-). I apologize for raising your and any other monk's hackles, that wasn't my intention. I agree that lecturing all for the misconduct of the one or the few is extremely annoying (I've worked long enough in corporate life to empathize), and in this case you and others correctly point out I am being that form of offender. Irritating managerial like behaviors are apparently sneaking in to me via osmosis. :-)

Just another Perl hooker - And definitely not the kind with any $class whatsoever.

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