*stretch* Personal policy here...
Dec. 28th, 2004 06:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conuly
If you want to say that you think I'm wrong, it'd be nice if you could explain why. Let me clarify:
1. I think you're wrong about *issue* because you're an idiot.
This isn't cool. Don't do that, it really makes you look stupid.
2. I think you're wrong about *issue*. *wanders off*
This *may* be not-cool. Don't do this either, because you'll be met with me going WTF? at you.
3. I think you're wrong about *issue* because *completely irrelevant/untrustworthy source disagrees*.
This is just sad. Don't do that either.
4. I think you're wrong about *issue* because I've done research/a relevant source disagrees/I think you misunderstood this relevant source and it really means that/something else that makes sense.
This is good. This is useful. This is *interesting*. Go ahead, do this.
5. I think you're wrong, and I'm going to insult you now.
Don't do that either, 'k? Nobody listens to you when you do that.
So. Look at the list. Make sure you're in group four instead of one of the other groups. We'll all thank you for it.
1. I think you're wrong about *issue* because you're an idiot.
This isn't cool. Don't do that, it really makes you look stupid.
2. I think you're wrong about *issue*. *wanders off*
This *may* be not-cool. Don't do this either, because you'll be met with me going WTF? at you.
3. I think you're wrong about *issue* because *completely irrelevant/untrustworthy source disagrees*.
This is just sad. Don't do that either.
4. I think you're wrong about *issue* because I've done research/a relevant source disagrees/I think you misunderstood this relevant source and it really means that/something else that makes sense.
This is good. This is useful. This is *interesting*. Go ahead, do this.
5. I think you're wrong, and I'm going to insult you now.
Don't do that either, 'k? Nobody listens to you when you do that.
So. Look at the list. Make sure you're in group four instead of one of the other groups. We'll all thank you for it.
Re: And a comment on ethics.
Date: 2004-12-28 08:16 pm (UTC)As for saying "I couldn't reply", I didn't say that. What I *said* is that "I am not, at this time, able to give your post the consideration it deserves". Which really means that I didn't consider the other posts as worthy as attention. Yay.
Nor was that what my comment said. My comment said: look, I can't give your reply the attention it deserves, so I'll just take note of the few things I *can* reply adaquately to right now. For example, you misunderstood my statement, it's not meant seriously. Sorry about that.
I didn't say "oh, I can't comment, so I'll put the entirety of any reply you'll get here, and you should've paid more attention". That would make no sense.
I'm not going to attempt to take up your post at this time. Despite what you believe, I am *actually* not, at this time, capable of giving it the attention it deserves. I can give that attention to *other* posts, but not to *every* post. It's very easy to look at a short post and say "look, I'm sorry, I messed up there". It's not too difficult to say "hey, I'm confused, please explain what you mean". It's astonishingly simple to say "I'm not going to answer this question, it's either irrelevant or not public information". It is, however, difficult to take a long, detailed post and give it a long, detailed reply. Since I did not wish to insult you by giving it a pretension of a reply, I answered honestly: I can't do that right now, please wait until later.