Totally agreed. Segin needs to be not just kick/banned from the list, he needs to be K-Lined, if not G-Lined from all things wine! With respect to his comments though, on behalf of everyone involved with the project, and with the community as a whole, I sincerely apologize.
<br><br>Tom<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/29/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jason Green</b> <<a href="mailto:jave27@gmail.com">jave27@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 3/29/06, Dr J A Gow <<a href="mailto:J.A.Gow@furrybubble.co.uk">J.A.Gow@furrybubble.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>> I was interested to read several comments on this list in respect of such<br>> comments as 'IQ of zero'. Such comments were the final straw in leading me to
<br>> take this action.<br><br>Thank you. It sometimes takes a thick skin to ignore the petty and<br>childish rants that are prevalent online. Anonymity (or<br>pseudo-anonymity in this case) often leads to childishness, and has
<br>done so since the beginnings of the Net. It gives the impression to<br>potential new users and developers that the "community" is hostile and<br>unwelcoming. I experienced a little bit of myself when asking my
<br>first couple of [naive] questions in IRC at #winehq.<br><br>While it's completely understandable that people will get tired of<br>seeing the same questions posted over and over again, there's no need<br>to get hostile about it unless the user asking the questions gets
<br>hostile or demanding themselves (and even then, restraint or kick/ban<br>would be preferable). If someone asks a "stupid question" (entirely<br>subjective, remember), just ignore it or point to a place where they
<br>can learn the answer themselves. Please don't be a jerk.<br><br>Thanks.<br><br><br></blockquote></div><br>