On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 20:02 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > In fact, even in the pull request that's referenced here, Linus, you > > were polite but firm in your first two responses. When you're perfectly > > capable of doing that, why spoil it by adding insults? > > Umm. Notice how the "Joseph" I replied to had deleted all the comments he wrote? Sorry, that completely escaped me. > That should tell you something. I smacked down a troll. > > If I was polite to you all those years ago, and I was polite but firm > in the two first responses, please give me credit for when I smack > somebody down. There may be a reason for it. The fact that the person > deleted his messages (or github deleted them for him - I have no idea > what their comment policy is) and you cannot see that context any more > online should not make you think that I suddenly went crazy. Unfortunately, it seems I'm not the only one to be confused by this. > Btw, since I get the github messages in email too, I have a copy. > Joseph replied to those "polite but firm" messages where I explained > exactly *why* I don't want to bother with github pull requests with > this gem: > > "I did not realizes that Linus' shit does not stink. Thanks for > clearing that up..." > > Quite frankly, I think I was quite polite enough. Exactly *because* I > had been polite but firm before that injection. > > The fact is, I don't suffer fools nicely. I call it like I see it, and > I called him a moron for entering the discussion with a totally > content-free comment. > > Feel free to disagree. Maybe you see some value in the troll comment? Indeed not. > And I somehow suspect that your message that I replied to back in 1999 > was somehow more relevant? Yes? No? Yes. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Humans are not rational beings; they are rationalising beings.
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