[PLUG] ReactOS about page comments on Linux...

[Stuart Jansen]

On Sat, 2008-08-02 at 13:09 -0700, someone wrote:
> Quoting Jeme A Brelin <jeme at brelin.net>:
> > First, I sent you a private message and you replied publicly.   
> > That's a gross violation of private correspondence and I don't  
> > appreciate it at all.  You should apologize to me and to PLUG.
> 
> Don't send me private messages in response to public ones.  I don't need
> to apologize to anyone who sends me a private response to a PUBLIC
> message and gets a public response.  Nothing was said about replying
> privately in your message nor do I think you should be going private
> with people just to rant.

Yes, yes you do need to apologize. Jeme obviously thought criticizing
you publicly would not be appropriate. He was showing consideration by
not holding you up for public scorn. You threw that back in his face.
Perhaps you hoped that others would come to your defense? Well, you just
failed. I support Jeme's discretion.

Sadly, I don't share the same good sense. I've been pretty well behaved
on this list, but on other lists I've demonstrated a preference for
scorched earth policy. (Yes, I guess that's a threat. Chalk it up to me
being vain enough to think that everyone will benefit from hearing what
I have to say.) Because I've found that flamewars are rarely productive,
I ask that if you want to start a pissing contest you reply to me
privately.