Subj : Re: Problem at your system
To : Ward Dossche
From : Paul Hayton
Date : Mon Jan 23 2023 01:10 pm
On 23 Jan 2023 at 12:41a, Ward Dossche pondered and said...
WD> At some point in time, I coined the phrase "Pulling a Witt" meaning that
WD> when confronted with an issue the other side by definition must be wrong
WD> without looking into the matter. Roy was a master in that, especially in
WD> turning the argument around.
WD>
WD> So when I got totally confused at what was happening and went to
WD> echomail, here was Andrew Leary suggesting I was accidentally the
WD> culprit anyway by unknowingly triggering a zonegate ... something which
WD> doesn't exist in D'Bridge.
[snip]
WD> And remember, I wrote "Don't take it personal". When someone calls me an
WD> asshole, I don't take it personal either, after all that person may even
WD> be right.
It all seemed to me totally unnecessary Ward. Regardless of the encounters you have had with whomever over what in the past. If you reply with a 'Please, Paul, no Roy Witt stuff here by turning the issue around. I've been too long in this business to not understand it" that's a poor stance to adopt with someone just trying to reply and help debug a problem.
It infers you think I am motivated to act in some negative fashion towards you and I was not. I fail to see why I should not take it personally when you write to me so explicitly in this manner.
May I suggest you take 5 and double check your assumptions on motive and seek to ask further questions to clarify the stance of your correspondent before you invoke your erm sense of Witt.
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