Re: Replies

Walden H. Leverich wrote:

>Chris,
>
>Good idea, and if Jan won't start, allow me... I'm one of the arrogant SOBs
>around here (cases in point SMTP and ODBC(Green Screen) topics), hell it's
>even arrogant of me to say that I'm one of the arrogant ones <G>. Have I had
>"heated" discussions with some people[1] on this list, of course. Would I
>again, you bet. Are my views always right, absolutely not. Have I had some
>misconceptions of mine changed here, you bet. Have I agreed to disagree with
>others at times, yup.
>
See, that is why I wanted some idea of what counted as arrogance.
Because, I've seen guys here argue back and forth about stuff pretty
heatedly, but I didn't know when it counted as arrogance. Like, I agree
with Al Barsa on very many things dealing with the iSeries, but we have
some basic disagreements about what we think IBM's marketing can do. So
if we talk about green screens we might both be "humble" but I guess
we'd hit "arrogant" in a hurry if we were talking marketing. And I just
don't think either of us is teetering on the edge of agreeing with the
other. ;-)

But I could have sworn I've seen "newbies" show up and ask questions and
get a slew of answers posted, including source code. So what is the
arrogance? I don't recall people posting, "That question isn't worthy of
my attention" or some such. I don't recall anyone ever being turned away
or insulted for asking even simple questions. Did I miss those posts?

So I guess the arrogance comes in when I feel my opinion is more
accurate than other people's opinion. Well, that would put me near the
top of the arrogance tree. I post from my point of view, and I believe
in it or I wouldn't be posting it. I am fully open to some other
arrogant keyboard owner pointing out all my flaws from my waistline to
the fact I like Java as much as RPG.

So, I'll be looking for some specific examples of when my arrogance was
blowing off a new guy who wanted to find a way to edit source code or
something.

>-Walden
>
--
Chris Rehm
javadisciple@earthlink.net

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart...
...Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other
commandment greater than these. Mark 12:30-31