On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 01:57:40PM -0500, Ron Loftin wrote: > > John, I believe that you have summed up well enough the image that the > person posting on this list as "Victor" stated as his position. What > you are not saying is how obvious it is that he knows VERY little about > Linux and/or Unix in any form. The questions he has been posting make > it obvious that he is painfully lacking in practical experience in any > OS that is subject to discussion on this list. The lack of knowledge is fine; not everyone is an expert. The laziness and sloth, however, isn't fine. I can't speak for others, but my specific issue with the whole entitlement thing is the fact that some people are just plain lazy and refuse to lift a finger or exert any effort to help themselves and yet expect others to do so for them. Sorry, I don't play that game. Had he shown *any* effort to resolve these issues on his own most people would have gone the extra mile to help him. > As such, I have resorted to just deleting without any consideration any > message from him, and most of those in threads I recognize as started by > him. I had already planned on bit-bucketing him until I saw his latest reply and it rankled to the point that I needed to say something, however out of place and unwanted my comments might have been. John -- There are men -- now in power in this country -- who do not respect dissent, who cannot cope with turmoil, and who believe that the people of America are ready to support repression as long as it is done with a quiet voice and a business suit. John V. Lindsay (1921-2000), US politician, Congressman, Mayor of New York City
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