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I never said anything about your integrity but you inferred from my comment just like others will do from yours. The difference is the individual you're dispar

by dilemma 10y ago

I never said anything about your integrity but you inferred from my comment just like others will do from yours. The difference is the individual you're disparaging is a real person with a reputation. You, like me, are a throw away account on a message board. You have no integrity because you have no identity.

Gigablah 10y ago
I wouldn't call an account almost three years old a "throwaway" anymore.
- dilemma 10y ago
  Underwrite his mortgage and ask him to be the godfather of your firstborn.
  - Gigablah 10y ago
    Looks like he really did hit a sore nerve.
    - jsmthrowaway 10y ago
      The repeated charge that I am somehow disparaging and discrediting an individual was my clue that I should probably disengage. I probably should have worded the first bullet differently, in hindsight, but still.
      - Fordrus 10y ago
        Well, the problem here is apparently one of human relations. You are absolutely, 100% remiss to expect that, when you state "it is tempting to draw that conclusion," that you are actually stopping short of drawing that conclusion. It's as bad a communication mistake as expecting Quicksort to perform well in all cases is - which is to say it simply does not conform to reality. Raising the possibility of the accusation and defining the basis for raising the accusation are, for almost all intents and purposes, exactly the same as simple raising the accusation, especially in an internet forum, where nuance, body language, and tone are absent. Thus, you really didn't avoid actually disparaging or discrediting this person there - instead, you attempted it via an obtuse use of a 'sneaky' method, and you bear deserved downvotes for doing so. If that was not your intent, you may look on this experience as a bug - the language you used did not communicate your intent to your discussion partners. It's almost always valuable to gain a deeper understanding of the functions you're using, though, whether they're from English or C++! Have a great day, and talk to you some other time! :)
andrepd 10y ago
>The difference is the individual you're disparaging is a real person with a reputation. So? If the criticism is invalid, then it's inoffensive. If it's valid, it's deserved.
- reitanqild 10y ago
  False I think. Invalid criticism posted on the Internet or spoken out loudly might very well negatively affect someones life even if they don't personally care.
- Fordrus 10y ago
  You tell that to anyone who has ever been falsely accused of anything, and ask them if the invalidity of the accusation led to the experience of being accused, questioned, tried, and then found innocent being describable with the word "inoffensive." (Then multiply whatever result you get from that by the propensity of the internet to hear an accusation and judge it to be true WITHOUT actually researching it/'putting it on trial', so to speak, and post your answer here, I'm sure it will make for fascinating reading! ;) )

by dilemma 10y ago

Gigablah 10y ago

I wouldn't call an account almost three years old a "throwaway" anymore.

dilemma 10y ago
Underwrite his mortgage and ask him to be the godfather of your firstborn.
- Gigablah 10y ago
  Looks like he really did hit a sore nerve.
  - jsmthrowaway 10y ago
    The repeated charge that I am somehow disparaging and discrediting an individual was my clue that I should probably disengage. I probably should have worded the first bullet differently, in hindsight, but still.
    - Fordrus 10y ago
      Well, the problem here is apparently one of human relations. You are absolutely, 100% remiss to expect that, when you state "it is tempting to draw that conclusion," that you are actually stopping short of drawing that conclusion. It's as bad a communication mistake as expecting Quicksort to perform well in all cases is - which is to say it simply does not conform to reality. Raising the possibility of the accusation and defining the basis for raising the accusation are, for almost all intents and purposes, exactly the same as simple raising the accusation, especially in an internet forum, where nuance, body language, and tone are absent. Thus, you really didn't avoid actually disparaging or discrediting this person there - instead, you attempted it via an obtuse use of a 'sneaky' method, and you bear deserved downvotes for doing so. If that was not your intent, you may look on this experience as a bug - the language you used did not communicate your intent to your discussion partners. It's almost always valuable to gain a deeper understanding of the functions you're using, though, whether they're from English or C++! Have a great day, and talk to you some other time! :)

andrepd 10y ago

>The difference is the individual you're disparaging is a real person with a reputation. So? If the criticism is invalid, then it's inoffensive. If it's valid, it's deserved.

reitanqild 10y ago
False I think. Invalid criticism posted on the Internet or spoken out loudly might very well negatively affect someones life even if they don't personally care.
Fordrus 10y ago
You tell that to anyone who has ever been falsely accused of anything, and ask them if the invalidity of the accusation led to the experience of being accused, questioned, tried, and then found innocent being describable with the word "inoffensive." (Then multiply whatever result you get from that by the propensity of the internet to hear an accusation and judge it to be true WITHOUT actually researching it/'putting it on trial', so to speak, and post your answer here, I'm sure it will make for fascinating reading! ;) )