I would like to ask forgiveness from the Perl Monks Community. Some people in particular:

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RE: Formal Appology
by swiftone (Curate) on Jun 30, 2000 at 19:49 UTC
    Personally, I'm perfectly willing to forgive and forget (at lot easier since you really didn't do anything to me :) ) Now actions speak louder than words, so how about posting some code/questions/answers?
RE: Formal Appology
by Melvin (Beadle) on Jul 04, 2000 at 00:15 UTC
    Why are people marking this post up? Someone behaves poorly, posts an apology, then gets experience points based on the fact that he wrote it?

    Shouldn't the experience count be going in the other direction? I guess it is good that he apoligized.

      i43s's XP suffered substantially as a result of his offending actions. Why punish further for showing signs of repentance?

      It can take strength of character to publicly admit specific wrongs and to ask forgiveness. By voting him back up towards zero XP, fellow Monks are encouraging 143s to live up to his promise "to 'fit in' and contribute in a positive manner."

      Which, of course, shows good character on the part of PMers.

      hmmm... note to self - msg zdog and ask if this principle, and humor, warrant mention in Voting Guidelines ?