Re: Cocoa Newbie Question.

In article
<17d8f58d-ab19-43bd-8f23-e374ba58bcd8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
piscesboy <oraclmaster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Assuming that someone who responds to your statements with irrelevancies
didn't understand what you were saying is insulting? Is it as insulting
as, say, telling someone that you know better than they what motivated
an action on their part? You've essentially implied that Dave's either
insane or a liar, with no evidence of either.

It is insulting saying that something goes over someone else's head
which is exactly what he said.

No. Dave made a comment. You responded in a way that was completely
irrelevant to his words and his point. Assuming that you simply
misunderstood was the *charitable* course.

So yes, you can try to rationalize it
all you want by comparing whether or not my response was "as
insulting" as his or not but he began all this by saying that his post
was over my head which I do find insulting and I am simply responding
to that.

If it wasn't over your head, why was your response irrelevant? If it
*was* over your head, what's insulting about pointing that out? Are you
in that strange subset of people that think "ignorant" is a pejorative
term?

And I couldn't give a rat's ass if he or you never help me
here again if you treat all your posters by ganging up on them in this
manner.

Funny thing, though: We don't. Not even close. You're quite welcome to
browse my posting history in the CSMP hierarchy. I know from experience
that Dave's history here is similar to mine. Heck, there's another
relative newbie on these groups who tried to get me to write their
entire non-trivial project for him for free and while I'm not doing it I
*am* still helping him to educate himself at each stumbling block. So
you might want to contemplate what it is that makes *you* get a
different response. Need the answer? It's your attitude. Someone made a
good-faith attempt to help you and you responded with hostility,
condescension and hubris.

I wasn't suggesting that you couldn't expect help from Dave and me in
the future. I'm quite comfortable predicting that based on your behavior
not a single regular, experienced participant in these groups is going
to lift a finger for you in the foreseeable future.

--
"Harry?" Ron's voice was a mere whisper. "Do you smell something ... burning?"
- Harry Potter and the Odor of the Phoenix
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