Re: [cobalt-users] Suggestion to Zeffie

["Zeffie" <cobaltlist@xxxxxxxx>]

> Forgive me if I'm out of line, and feel free to make whatever use of my
> comments you wish. I'm only trying to help. I've waded through the entire
> "Wish List" debacle... post after post after post. It eventually dawned on
> me that you do actually know what you're doing, and you would like to see
> everyone get along and Cobalt products humming happily in the background.
>
> In short, you're not a bad person, and you don't mean anyone any harm.
More
> than that, you're trying to help yourself and others and you've
accumulated
> a great deal of knowledge in this area. However, the reactions you
received
> from darn near everyone (including myself) were downright hostile. Why? I
> have concluded (for whatever it's worth) that the primary reason is
> civility. If I may use a sexist analogy, a beautiful woman will get sexual
> attention from 95% of men; but the same beautiful woman, dressed in filthy
> rags and covered in cow manure, will get attention from less than 1% of
men.
>
> Allow me to suggest (or tell me to go to hell, if you wish) that you try
to
> be a little more formal in your writing, and that you dispense with the
> exclamation points and so many other points of emphasis that make it look
> like you're shouting and gesturing angrily. Remember, we all interpret
your
> writing and imagine "how it sounds."

Thank you
I have never been the greatest in english/spelling.  Often my proof reader
will point out my errors and I think he has said something about those
marks.  I know I use to many of them and I will try to control them more

> Also, drop the profanity and stop insulting people personally. Among
certain
> friends it's a form of affection; in a forum like this it wins enemies.
> Also, it's completely unnecessary and counterproductive.

Granted,  I am the type though that will have an arguement or debate just
for the sake of making my point.  I don't like to stop untill I win or at
least gain accectance of my point as a possibility.  If not I hope to just
choose to disagree.  I don't have to look back to know I was out of line
when I used that "cop term" and actually that was the only post I made while
mad or angry.  I did explode on that one and I'm sorry if I offended anyone
out there except the person it was ment for.  I never hold grudges.  Some of
my best debates/arguements are with my best friends and we always just move
on.

> intentions are good. But (a) others may not realize this, and (b) I
started
> off despising you, then moved to respecting you. Why not skip that first
> part?

If I started out with a simple post like "I wish they had a better support
department" I don't think it would of done much.  It would of most likely
just gone by un-noticed.  If I ask them for better support they don't have
to do much.  If a million people ask for better support then they will have
to do something.  As time permits I will continue to support this issue.

Thanks again
Zeffie