From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news2.kpn.net!news.kpn.net!nslave.kpnqwest.net!nloc.kpnqwest.net!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!nreader2.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Char ordering. References: <3224594886419204@naggum.net> <87sn7b6jqp.fsf@becket.becket.net> <3224604184071428@naggum.net> <87lmd267vt.fsf@becket.becket.net> Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3224629756601837@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 21 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 02:29:08 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@KPNQwest.no X-Trace: nreader2.kpnqwest.net 1015640948 193.71.199.50 (Sat, 09 Mar 2002 03:29:08 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 03:29:08 MET Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:28230 * Thomas Bushnell, BSG | I know you have the benefit of never making mistakes, Let me know when you have cooled down so you do not make or at least post this kind of stupid insults. FYI: When I make mistakes, I am not averse to being corrected at all, in whatever way it seems appropriate, but I when some fault-finding asshole finds faults that are not even there, I conclude that it can only be malicious because it takes so little effort to pay sufficient attention to avoid making the mistake of accusing others of making mistakes they have not made and if you take the trouble to post a correction, you better be damn sure it is _more_ accurate than what you correct. It this really too much ask? Is it really productive for those who mistakenly "correct" others to try to defend themselves by attacking the one they have false accused when they should instead apologize for carelessly jumping to wrong conclusions. Returning insults is pretty solid evidence that the false accusation _was_ malicious. /// -- In a fight against something, the fight has value, victory has none. In a fight for something, the fight is a loss, victory merely relief.