Can't we all just get along?

Of course we can, and we do.

Apparently not, but can't we at least all make a more concerted effort?

Well, that is just you (probably others also) - but all of us are making a concerted effort, as much as any one can afford. This site survived embarassing threads like the one which prompted AbigailII to depart, and many vitriolic posts before and after that.

This site is packed with knowledge, with people that are seeking to learn, and people willing to teach (too many to provide a consistent link for them). The best answers are teaching by example in a suitable way. Civility is secondary, but it is also taught by example.

I am glad that I don't have to answer ervery question. I am glad my fellow monks do that for me, and what is more, they mostly already did whenever I click on a SoPW. Same goes for civility. If I have something to contribute, I do; else I move on.

Having said that - all civility is your own. It is something that can be displayed, offered, shared - and thus, may be tought by example. But it isn't something that can be preached, instigated or demanded, by the same way you cannot preach, instigate or demand expertise in programming perl. It happens, or it doesn't.

perl -le'print map{pack c,($-++?1:13)+ord}split//,ESEL'

In reply to Re: Yet Another Appeal for Civility by shmem
in thread Yet Another Appeal for Civility by perldigious

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