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Re: hebrew in netscape




On Wed, 3 Jul 1996, Amos Shapira wrote:

> Omer Zak wrote:
> |On Wed, 3 Jul 1996, Amos Shapira wrote:
> |
> |> In message <Pine.SUN.3.91.960703100138.27444B-100000@dns2.netvision.net.il> 
> |you
> |>  write:
> |> |hi all
> |> |does any1 happen to have some hebrew fonts for use with netscape under 
> |> |linux ?
> |> |10x
> |> |hilik
> |> 
> |> If you'll bother to write messages in proper English I'll bother to
> |> give you usefull, positive answers.
> |
> |I find this kind of reply to be impolite, bordering on the offensive.  
> |Even though my own written English is pretty good, I don't believe that 
> |people should be judged by the grammatical structure of their written 
> |English, especially if it is not their native language.
> |
> |It was clear (at least to me) what the guy wanted, even though he didn't 
> |exactly put it in the correct grammatical structure.
> 
> Well, who did this guy think he was talking to when he spelt his
> message that way?

I suppose that he thought that he is talking to an informal ("bilti 
mekuftar") group of people who value technical know-how more than exterior
appearance, to a group of hackers with their hackerish language.  I 
suppose that he got a rude surprise when someone insisted that he 
make a proper addressing of the group of Linux gurus.

I am surprised that Amos didn't complain about the person not RTFM-ing 
before asking the question (as indicating by the person not mentioning 
whether the question is answered in Hebrew-HOWTO or not).

> I don't know him, I'm not a personal friend of his, I try to be polite
> when I write to people over the net, I expect people to show minimal
> respect when they ask for help.

I too expect people to show minimal respect when they ask for help over 
the net.  However my idea of respect is their trying to find the answer 
on their own and using the net only if their considrable personal efforts 
failed them.

> How would you react if some total stranger on the street startted
> talking to you that way?

I'd ask him to write down on paper what he wanted to say to me.  :-)

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