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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: We have a new standard!
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Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> writes:

> On 29.12.2024 15:51, David Brown wrote:
>
>> You can have an informed opinion about C++, and agree or disagree
>> with the opinions of the committee members.
>>
>> But what you don't get to do - or at least, don't get to do if you
>> want to be viewed seriously - is spout an /uninformed/ opinion.
>> That's no more than mindless prejudice, and of no interest to
>> anyone.
>
> Thanks David, for standing against the trolls.  It's a pity that
> personal freedoms are often interpreted as "my ignorant opinion has
> exactly the same worth as your expert knowledge".
>
> I'm all for personal freedoms, but my freedoms end where they might
> hurt other people, or the nature for that matter.  Boasting ignorant
> jumble can easily do that.

I agree with much of what you say.  I don't agree with the last
sentence.  Depending on other factors, a public broadcast of a
personal statement can produce enough of a negative effect so that
it should be prohibited, but simply boasting ignorant jumble does
not, by itself, fall into that category.  The nature of posting to
a newsgroup like this one does nothing to change that.

Personal opinion:  the comments from David Brown do more harm than
good here.  At some level he is just a guilty of giving a preachy
opinion as the person he is responding to.  It seems likely that
his statements will exacerbate the offending behavior rather than
diminish it.