Get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? [Was: Re:Notes on repa...

From: Vintage Computer GAWD! <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Mon May 29 21:51:33 2000

On Sat, 27 May 2000, Marvin wrote:

> > > In article <392DD40E.D9E6982D_at_rain.org>, Marvin <marvin_at_rain.org> writes
> > > >How about dropping this particular thread or taking it to email. Starting
> > > >this kind of a flame war here doesn't do anyone any good.
> >
> > Are you sure about that? If a flame war is over the proper way to
> > repair computers, and people learn from it, is that such a bad thing?
> > Are people so politically correct and thin-skinned these days that
> > their fragile psyches can't tolerate a little flame-fest?
>
> What makes you think a flame war is an effective way to learn? A game
> perhaps, but learning???

I suppose it's one way of trying to justify a personality flaw?

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