Re: Blog post

["Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" via Emacs news and miscellaneous discussions outside the scope of other Emacs mailing lists <emacs-tangents@gnu.org>]

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Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> writes:

>> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 9:29 PM
>> From: "Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" <arne_bab@web.de>
>> To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
>> Cc: "Eshel Yaron" <me@eshelyaron.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
>> Subject: Re: Blog post
>>
>> 
>> Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> writes:
>> 
>> > From your experience, have your rants been justified ? Introspection
>> > of other people's rants should be considered part of the work.  After 
>> > all, expletives towards demigods have occurred since time immemorial,
>> > and will surely continue.
>> 
>> Yes, they were totally justified — but usually not helpful. Most times
>> they needlessly hurt people who then often stopped contributing. A
>> friendly text may have helped to stay together and actually fix the
>> problem to move forward as community. - Arne
>
> Nobody gets hurt.   It is commonly a type of vengeance (a form of 
> retaliation) intended to dissuade contrarian views directed towards 
> the developers.

I think there’s a misunderstanding here.

When I ranted, my rants were justified, but my rants hurt people and
that did not help. So not ranting but instead writing a friendly text
would have been the better choice.

Best wishes,
Arne
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heißt politisch sein,
ohne es zu merken.
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