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Re: Who hasn't been badly flamed?
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 01:25:36 -0400
- Subject: Re: Who hasn't been badly flamed?
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On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 09:06:01PM -0500, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote:
> From: Christopher Faylor
>>Yes, once I got your drift I realized that there is no way you would
>>ever admit to having "flamed" anyone. Hence my real embarrassment for
>>assuming that you would even indirectly take responsibility for
>>something like that.
>
>Ok Chris, I'll ask you this yet again: Please point out an instance of
>where I have "flamed" you, so that I may apologize, and we can both put
>the terrible tragedy behind us. Please again note that taking you to
>task for poor behavior (or even what you would term "trolling") is not
>a "flame" by anybody's definition.
You know, on rereading, I suppose I was a little too forthcoming about
my assessment of your personality and I should have just left well
enough alone.
I certainly can't apologize for having opinions about you but I do
apologize for making them public. I should have just let you have the
last word.
For the record, yes, I do think that you have flamed but I don't require
an apology.
>BTW: Was your post an example of "trolling" (your definition)? I don't
>seem to see any vituperative lanuguage per se.
Argh. Did I forget to use a smiley? How could I have been so careless?
;-) ;-) ;-)
cgf