Re: Re: Concerns

While the article is talking about an almost totally different topic, i'm just going to give a quick response. Namely, theres two sides to every flame war. Theres never just one person. Ex. Person A calls Person B a 'fuckhead'(what is that anyways?). Person B responds verbally the quits the team in a huff. Whose fault is it? Further more, we have an obligation to respect our teamates, we do not have an obligation to flatter and stroke their egos.

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boorishness vs. oversensitivity by BorgCopyeditor (Friar) on Jul 21, 2002 at 04:47 UTC
I'd agree that something like "over-sensitivity" is a fault, and if it breaks up a team or a community, then it's just as bad as more obviously obnoxious behaviors. All the same, I'm not sure how calling someone "sucka!" does a good job of, in your words, 'respecting our teammates.' It just seems like a childish impulse that someone thought clever or gratifying in some way. It's not the end of the world -- not even close -- but it's nothing to be defended, either. BCE --Your punctuation skills are insufficient!	[reply]

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boorishness vs. oversensitivity
by BorgCopyeditor (Friar) on Jul 21, 2002 at 04:47 UTC

I'd agree that something like "over-sensitivity" is a fault, and if it breaks up a team or a community, then it's just as bad as more obviously obnoxious behaviors.

All the same, I'm not sure how calling someone "sucka!" does a good job of, in your words, 'respecting our teammates.' It just seems like a childish impulse that someone thought clever or gratifying in some way. It's not the end of the world -- not even close -- but it's nothing to be defended, either.

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