[Foundation-l] The state of Foundation-l (again) was: Recent firing?

[Thomas Dalton]

2009/11/7 William Pietri <william at scissor.com>:
> Hi, Thomas.
>
> Thomas Dalton wrote:
>> Indeed. My standard advice for people on how to interpret my
>> text-based messages is this: If in doubt, I don't mean any offence. If
>> I want to offend you, I will leave you in no doubt.
>>
>
> I think there's a common element in this and your "just ignore" proposal
> that will lead to continued frustration on both sides. You're placing
> the burden for solving a shared problem on other people, and quite a lot
> of them.

Yes, I am placing the burden on other people and I've explained why:
The burden is negligible for other people. It is significant for me.

> You seem like a pretty sharp fellow, and so I'm sure your solution not
> only looks most rational to you, but has good odds of being so by some
> reasonable set of metrics. But other people may be using different
> criteria, and you're unlikely to get them to change something deep like
> that via an email or two, especially if they already feel frustration
> toward you.

If someone would explain their criteria, this conversation could move
forwards rather than round in circles...