Re: Cocoa Newbie Question.

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 piscesboy <oraclmaster@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> > Assuming that someone who responds to your statements with
irrelevancies
> > didn't understand what you were saying is insulting? Is it as
insulting
> > as, say, telling someone that you know better than they what motivated
> > an action on their part? You've essentially implied that Dave's either
> > insane or a liar, with no evidence of either.
> 
> It is insulting saying that something goes over someone else's head
> which is exactly what he said.

No. Dave made a comment. You responded in a way that was completely 
irrelevant to his words and his point. Assuming that you simply 
misunderstood was the *charitable* course.

> So yes, you can try to rationalize it
> all you want by comparing whether or not my response was "as
> insulting" as his or not but he began all this by saying that his post
> was over my head which I do find insulting and I am simply responding
> to that.

If it wasn't over your head, why was your response irrelevant? If it 
*was* over your head, what's insulting about pointing that out? Are you 
in that strange subset of people that think "ignorant" is a pejorative 
term?

> And I couldn't give a rat's ass if he or you never help me
> here again if you treat all your posters by ganging up on them in this
> manner.

Funny thing, though: We don't. Not even close. You're quite welcome to 
browse my posting history in the CSMP hierarchy. I know from experience 
that Dave's history here is similar to mine. Heck, there's another 
relative newbie on these groups who tried to get me to write their 
entire non-trivial project for him for free and while I'm not doing it I 
*am* still helping him to educate himself at each stumbling block. So 
you might want to contemplate what it is that makes *you* get a 
different response. Need the answer? It's your attitude. Someone made a 
good-faith attempt to help you and you responded with hostility, 
condescension and hubris.

I wasn't suggesting that you couldn't expect help from Dave and me in 
the future. I'm quite comfortable predicting that based on your behavior 
not a single regular, experienced participant in these groups is going 
to lift a finger for you in the foreseeable future.

-- 
"Harry?" Ron's voice was a mere whisper. "Do you smell something ...
burning?"
   - Harry Potter and the Odor of the Phoenix