Re: [tlug] characterset in gnus

["Luke Kearney" <lukek@example.com>]

Well I am sorry to see someone go, I am sure that anyone who has ever
started using a *nix system has looked to lists and newsgroups as a place to
get helpful advice and anyone who has actually stuck at it has progressed
from advice seeker to sharer of knowledge. Newbies, as they may be, have
every right to ask questions and seek help but they do not have any right to
expect and answer.

Mr Turnbull's contribution below seems unnecessarily condescending and would
not have been missed if he had decided not to send it.

L


----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerhard Schuck" <geschu@example.com>
To: <tlug@example.com>
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: [tlug] characterset in gnus


> After having read the following from the thread "command line" I
immediately
> take back my question. Sorry for disturbing and good-bye.
>
> Gerhard Schuck
> geschu@example.com
>
>
> "Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com> writes:
>
> >
> > You, and people like you, are the relative newcomers here.  That
> > doesn't mean you don't have "rights"---it just means that there are
> > existing arrangements and customs that long-timers are comfortable
> > with.  Make those folks uncomfortable, and they'll leave.
> >
> > Leaving is relatively low-cost, too.  The "arrogant snobs," pretty
> > much without exception, are capable of hosting their own mailing
> > lists.  Some of them have left TLUG (the ones I've always found most
> > interesting and helpful to me personally).  Let's not accelerate the
> > departure of the wizards; it hurts _you_ most.
> >
> > Constructively, there may be better venues for questions when you
> > don't have the background that is expected on TLUG.  I think there's a
> > Tokyo PC Users group that has a rep for treating those questions
> > sympathetically.  Or maybe TLUG could split off a second list for
> > newbie questions.
>
>
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