[asterisk-dev] Insulting source code comments in main/channel.c

[Steve Murphy]

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Vlasis Hatzistavrou (KTI) <vhatz at kinetix.gr
> wrote:

> I can't believe what I'm reading... Some people are being spat upon and
> they think its raining!
>
> Or at least they don't recognize in others the right to feel offended
> under certain circumstances.
>
> In this case then, I'm sorry, I take back everything I wrote. The
> comment was right: Europeans seem to be silly after all.
>

"Silly" is so low on the insult scale, that someone really
angy would lose all his heated steam by even using
"silly". His anger would seem silly, or laughable. Everyone around would see
the
irony and start laughing. The person who used it would/should have a tough
time
keeping a straight face himself. So, "silly" is more for humor than anything
else.
If you want to get more insulting, more strong, use something like
"ridiculous".

It reminds me of the Prince, hunting the captors of his kidnapped fiance, in
the
movie "The Princess Bride": "If they kill her, I will be "miffed"! Or did he
use
"peeved"? I can't remember!

It's wise not to take insult where none was intended. Let your attitude be
that
of the Black Knight: "It's only a flesh wound!"

murf


> Vlasis.
>
> Örn Arnarson wrote:
> > I just registered for the developer list, and I must say, this is a
> > brilliant first discussion to see. It is practically like a Monty Python
> > sketch.
> >
> > Like Philippe, I must say:
> >>  I'm from Europe, and in absolutly _NO_ way insulted by this comment.
> >>
> >>  Time to move on and do something usefull
> >
> > +1
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Örn Arnarson
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Vlasis Hatzistavrou (KTI)
> > <vhatz at kinetix.gr <mailto:vhatz at kinetix.gr>> wrote:
> >
> >     Michiel van Baak wrote:
> >      > On 16:40, Mon 23 Nov 09, Vlasis Hatzistavrou (KTI) wrote:
> >      >
> >      > I'm from Europe, and in absolutly _NO_ way insulted by this
> comment.
> >      >
> >      > Time to move on and do something usefull
> >
> >     OK, perhaps you don't have a problem being called silly. But there
> are
> >     many others (me included) who don't like collectively being called
> silly
> >     for a trivial matter like a codec preference.
> >
> >     One question though: if _I_ called _YOU_ silly just because you don't
> >     have a problem being called silly without provocation and for no
> serious
> >     reason, would that offend you then?
> >
> >     Best regards,
> >     Vlasis Hatzistavrou.
> >
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Steve Murphy
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