Subject: Re: flame wars, humor and serious request /was Re: Effective approaches From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.net> Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 16:51:53 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Message-ID: <3208783911037462@naggum.net> * Erik Naggum > Your first response to my _technical_ issues with your IF* stunt was > personal. * John Foderaro > sigh.. > > Please show me (and the rest of the readers) where I did that, In your first response to my article in the loop thread about your disgusting, demeaning, denigratory, and insulting "lisp coding standards" document, your response reads as follows: * John Foderaro in <MPG.15f588c27e60a2ce9896ab@news.dnai.com> | The sad thing is that the religious zealots seem to have taken over this | newsgroup (or at least they are the loudest). I laugh at them and I hope | you do too. I hope that I can get a message through to the scientists | out there who understand that CL is just a language with good points and | bad points and that we must figure out how to make CL better and | continually relevant to the current computing world. You really do not need "misrepresentation" to look like a hypocritical idiot. In fact, misrepresentation could only _improve_ your image the way you have been going on about it here. You have only yourself to thank. Here is a hint for you, John Foderaro: If you want to climb that high ethical horse of yours, the way to avoid looking like a hypocritical idiot is to _do_, not _tell_. But since you choose to present yourself as someone who likes to talk about how mature you are and how juvenlie others are when they behave smarter than you do, please accept this advice: just answer the technical stuff and refrain from answering whatever you want to respond to with your stupid personal crap. That would _be_ mature. Talking about how mature you are is really juvenile. ///