On Mon, 2007-10-01 at 19:44 -0400, brian wrote: > List, > > I apologise for dragging that crap out for all to see. Unfortunately, > the piling on was bothering me a great deal and i dealt with it badly. > (Juvenile comments about "cock size" excepted, Jack. I'm not at all > insecure about that. Thanks for the concern, though.) > > I feel that my responses here have been completely misunderstood and it > simply irritates me to no end. But that's no excuse for dragging this > crap out here. FWIW, i *did* try to take this off-list but a very public > brawl seemed to be the desired course. That's not what i wanted. > > Having said that, i can't simply let it drop without sending this out to > everyone who has witnessed this car wreck. I also apologise for the > language i've used. It was innapropriate for a public list. > > No, i was *not* hoping anyone would jump in to save me. My one and only > goal was to clarify my point to those who (i felt) had twisted my > comments completely out of context. Sorry, but i *really* hate that. > > Rob, i still don't feel that my initial reply deserves an apology. An > explanation, a clarification, for sure. But i thought that my later > posts explained clearly enough that that was not my intent at all. I > think that your refusal to accept my explanation has been unfortunate, > to say the least. Ummm, I'm not looking for an apology. Whatever gave you that impression. I thought this thread had already died. Time to move on already. > Email lists (like blogs, IRC, and the like) lend themselves to creating > just these sorts of misunderstandings. We should all be aware of this > and take responsibility for ensuring that any ill-communications are > clarified. I thought i was doing so yet continued to receive abuse. > Thus, i lashed out in turn. > > I will, though, apologise for calling you a dickhead. I should have > ignored your barbs, however inappropriate and unfounded i felt they > were. Out in meatspace, we'd likely get along very well. Oh don't worry about me, I don't take much on the net personally. I sort of see email quips along the lines of "your momma" jokes. Most of us have pretty thick skin around here. Cheers, Rob. -- ........................................................... SwarmBuy.com - http://www.swarmbuy.com Leveraging the buying power of the masses! ........................................................... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
