Hello Ross.

01 Aug 04 13:20, you wrote to me:

 MB>> Nnnnoooo.  I was going to wait and see how long he would keep it
 MB>> up. I guess Robert has not been in Fidonet that long, does not
 MB>> understand the technology! Kind of scary to be jacking with the
 MB>> code on a makenl program when you do not know what purpose the
 MB>> various nodelist flags serve.  Might be wise to read. :-)

 RC> and why must you go out of the way to take a dig at someone?

Maybe because I do not like being told that "I do not know
technology" or "have not been in Fidonet long enough" when I
do and I have by people who always claim I do not know what I am talking
about.  It is refreshing to see a clear instance of intent spelled out to
leave no ambiguity.  Is this the same style of reading some of you have
been using on policy within the last year?  It might explain the friction
that has been found in recent months.  Selective reading or selective
understanding?  I would really like to know ..

 RC> It doesnt have to about the topic at hand, only that you go out of the
 RC> way to belittle someone who may disagree with you or has disagreed
 RC> with you about something in the past?

Your bias is showing, Ross.  You crawl back out of the woodwork to defend
and suck up to anyone who downlinks from you completely overlooking
anything that they do which may be offensive to others.  Just like old
times ..

 RC> Just because you think you are never wrong, its not going to get you
 RC> very far to endear yourself to others and its your attitude,
 RC> inevitably displayed by one or more people as to why these endevours
 RC> nearly always fail..

 RC> Good Program Matt!

Fidonet is not going to get very far with people like Robert (maybe even
you) at the helm.  The ones who truely do not understand technology or have
not been around long enough; who draw lines of agreement based on politics.
 Instead of automatically telling everyone else they are wrong and that
they are ignorant, a better response might have been, "I believe you
are wrong but I will check."

So, Ross, did you know what the MN flag was really used for or did you
assume Robert's claim to automatically be true.  You read my reply so
obviously you read his messages about the subject.  If you knew he may have
been wrong why did you not correct him?  Unless you too did not know its
intended usage?

Matt

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