Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1761 mails)

[Sven Burmeister <sven.burmeister@xxxxxxx>]

Am Sonntag, 15. August 2010, 12:58:48 schrieb Carlos E. R.:
> On 2010-08-15 09:53, Sven Burmeister wrote:
> > Am Sonntag, 15. August 2010, 07:45:06 schrieb DenverD:
> > > i didn't call anyone anything...i predicted that the developers would
> > > NOT reflect on what they have done lately (as you had hoped in your
> > > post) and reverse the decline--but, *instead* they, and the others
> > > here, would brand YOU and ME (since i also am unhappy with the steep
> > > decline in quality) as trolls and etc..
> >
> > I guess you making general allegations regarding the developers causes
> > the same impression as calling them trolls/fanboys (pro suse, pro kde4
> > or whatever). Your statement basically says that whoever tells you that
> > you are wrong is not reflecting on what he does. That's a killer phrase
> > and does not add any constructive argument.
>
> And that, is also unjust.
>
> The allegation here is that some people are calling other trolls just
> because they criticize, instead of considering what the critique is about.

Indeed, that's what he should have written in order to not generalise but he 
left out the "some" and did explicitly and twice mention "the developers". And 
of course he forgets that the opposite direction works as well, i.e. some 
calling those that like KDE4 fanboys etc.

Sven
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