Worse than impolite

[Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole]

On 24/12/2023 9:17 AM, Don Allen wrote:
> I have previously posted regarding my concerns about this project, that 
> it felt like a dysfunctional family. More recently, I said I saw hopeful 
> signs. Then I read the "D is our last hope" thread.
> 
> It is discouraging to me that I feel that I need to lecture some of you 
> about how to disagree. If you are an adult worthy of the term and are 
> also a software development professional, I don't think it is too much 
> to expect that the boundaries of good taste and polite behavior will be 
> respected. I am not seeing that here. Calling the leader of the project 
> a "stubborn fool" is just not the way to make your concerns known (I do 
> not intend to point the finger at one person here; I am using this as an 
> example of other posts that I think have crossed the taste/civility 
> line). I have my own disagreements with some of Walter's decisions, but 
> the fact is that without him, this project wouldn't exist. And if you 
> don't like the way he runs it and can't convince him that you are 
> correct, then you have options that would reflect far better on you than 
> name-calling.
> 
> /Don Allen

Agreed.

A lot of vitriol was passed around.

Such negativity to that extreme, regardless of what people such as 
Walter has or hasn't done is very destructive.

It pushes people away, it does not grow the community it makes it 
significantly smaller.

It has to stop.

Clearly good faith has broken down, to the point people feel it is ok to 
black mail the DLF.