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Originally Posted by Thepips
First of all, I don't dislike you. I've never met you and I've always felt that you can't know someone from their postings. Maybe we'll meet at a show and you'll find I'm an even minded individual.
By personal attacks I meant posting #10 where you describe IE users as being brain washed. You're attacking the people who made the decision and not the product. There is absolutely nothing in my post attacking you. Read it again and you'll see I endorsed your decision to go with Firefox and not use IE.
I'm not married to Microsoft, I use a number of different products both personally and professionally, They all have their place. I'm not going to criticise anyone for making a different choice. If anyone asks advice, I'll give it freely and impartially. I admit I read the part as "knocking what you don't know" as being brain-dead.
Isn't that my point? I and others are saying we've free choice. You, on the other hand, say we're brainwashed if we don't accept your opinion.
Up until the point you started describing MS users as brain-washed I'd not seen anything I could add that wasn't already being said. The advice was cogent and sensible, yes, your's as well. Re-read the thread and you'll see it was you criticised Olley, Euro and Wilbury.
I simply don't understand the attitude that everything Microsoft does is bad. Anything else is good.
Doug
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I most certainly did NOT attack anyone. Nor did I describe anyone as "braindead". Knocking something you know nothing about is not braindead, I'd describe it as uninformed -The term "Braindead" was used by you and you alone.
I most certainly did NOT "criticise" Olley and the others, a bit of light-hearted banter is not the huge issue you have made of it and does not justify your personal attack on me. I have also never said that " everything Microsoft does is bad and anything else is good" - again, you have inserted your own incorrect assumptions where no such thing was said. The power that Microsoft has exerted on computer users the world over is obvious - as well as all the anti-trust / anti-competition behaviour and manipulation of the world market, fuelled by greed. Many feel compelled to use only their products due to clever marketing and veiled threats of data losses and catastrophe if they don't.
On the other hand, almost every PC in the world depends on Microsoft in one way or another. People have choices - I am entitled to give opinions on issues within my experience and expertise, just as everyone else has too.
This is meant to be a FUN site where we can exchange banter etc without fear of attack. Yours was the only personal attack in this thread - on me. Even when Olley had posted that there was no "attack" on him, you still posted your diatribe justifying your attack on me.
I propose that this negative situation end now. Making assumptions is a risky thing to do if you attack someone on an open forum. Obviously we can't discuss our choice of browsers as this seems to strike a raw nerve, so Olley, Euro, Wilbury, American Dream - we'll have to take the battle of the browsers to PM lest we upset people
(Steve: Opera indeed!!!!How very dare you!!!!)
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