[OSM-talk] Maps and names

[J.D. Schmidt]

Emil skrev:
> On 9/2/06, Etienne <80n80n at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 9/2/06, Emil <emil79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I'm sure we'll get sued at some point by the ordnance survey anyway -
>> > it's clearly an organisation run by very nasty individuals, who are
>> > not going to be at all happy with a map that can compete with theirs,
>> > and will probably be better.
>>
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> 
> OK i'll withdraw my statement. It was merely an asumption based on
> their company's aggressive actions.

You tend to withdraw a lot of things, don't you ? This statement is 
based on your trackrecord here on the list.

Don't get me wrong here, I acknowledge what your JOSM app have meant for 
OSM, but your behaviour in discussions on mails on the list and on IRC 
makes me generally discard any opinions that you utter.

A couple of pieces of advice for you in the future, which you can follow 
or disregard as you choose :

1) Don't make unsubstantiated claims, research the items you want to 
make a point on, before you state your opinion on them.

2) Don't go to a FUD or namecalling tactic when people disagree with you 
in a discussion. Try to persuade them over to your point of view with 
facts, BUT respect their right to disagree with you.

3) Don't stoop to the level of kindergarden semantics, if your 
opionion/wishes are discarded.

If you try to abide by the above three points, then you will find that 
people actually will start listening to you and taking your points of 
view into consideration, because you got your shit together in the 
knowledge department, instead of discarding what you say because you 
tend to try and make your point by using "FUD, shouting and namecalling" 
tactics.

And to those of the readers who think this a flame, or an attempt at 
instigating a flamefeast, I can only say that this is not even close to 
a lit match or an embering coal. This is solely my observation, which 
I'm putting forward in the hope that Emil will read and learn from it.
If you really want to see what flames from my hand looks like, just sign 
up at the NetStumbler forums where I've been moderating the retards, 
wannabee-thiefs, spammers and similar lowlife goodfernuthin' 
shortbus-taking vermin for a couple of years, and read the BBQ threads 
in the Newbie Bin section.

J.D. "Dutch" Schmidt