End of ridiculousness?

[Marcel Rijs <100276.2176@compuserve.com>]

Hi,
 
<primm@bcrvmpc2.vnet.ibm.com (Gregg Primm)> writes:
 
> Hey, hey, hey.  Just trying to inject a (very) little humor into
[...]
> I certainly think that you're right.  However, the vehemence of
> your response was off-base. Period. Had you responded in a
> lighter manner, only to be attacked by Marcel, _then_ I would say
> that your rather heated response would have been required and
> appropriate. As it was, Marcel suggested (a poor suggestion,
> without a doubt) something and you came down on him with a wrath
> and fury that, I would say, was uncalled for.
 
Exactly.
 
<aneal@cix.compulink.co.uk (Adrian Neal)> writes:
 
> Although Chris's choice of words was, shall we say, a little
> colourful, I have to say that I agree with him. You claim that it
> was an innocent remark of yours, well it didn't come across like
> that to me. Like Chris I thought that you were quite serious in
> asking for the swedish showing of TLTCTC to be pirated for, I
> assume, your benefit. Is there any other way that your request
> could be interpreted?
 
Yes. Read the message. And I already have TLTCTC, FYI. Twice. From
TV and on the official video.
 
> Did you compose your response to Chris very soon after reading
> his message? If so I would advise counting to 100 in future. <G>
 
Here's some interesting, important information for some of you.
I _always_ think about what I write. Upon reading Chris's message
I was infuriated. Believe me, the original message was much
harsher, and _very_ insulting. But I realize you can't write
something like that in public, I have always realized that, except
maybe in the beginning of my e-mail "carreer". But that's how I
learned.
So yes, I counted to 10.000 before throwing my message in
cyberspace.
 
I read Chris apologized, and I accept his apologies.
But I really want to get across one thing to all: THINK when you
write. E-mail is fast and friendly, but sometimes words can come
across very unfortunate. I accept Chris's points he made, but the
way he wrote them it was composed as one long letter directed at my
stupidity for making a suggestion. And however I sympathize with
the whole ideological (for lack of a better word in my dictionary)
theme behind the video compilation, I was really hurt by having put
financial debts and personal problems on my roof.
There _are_ persons behind these little ascii texts, and some of
them can get hurt quite easily. And I do have an elephants' skin,
but sometimes I throw it off, because there's a point to be made.
 
As for my suggestion: I see it may have been stupid to toss it up,
but during the last 15 months I have seen distributions of the
strangest things via the Internet, however illegal or morally
objectionable. So I figured _what the heck, let's say it_. No-one
could take offence at an _idea_... Like it's been said, just say no
to it. I can understand a simple no, even if it's in English.
:-)
 
Regards,
 
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