On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:58:09 -0300, nemesis wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:44:11 -0300, nemesis wrote:
>> 
>>> Invisible wrote:
>>>> nemesis wrote:
>>>>> I want povray to evolve.  Being provocative is a way to do that.
>>>> No - being provocative to the point of trolling is a way to get
>>>> everybody to completely ignore you. ;-)
>>> eventually, that kind of attitude will lead to everybody ignoring
>>> povray, except for the geekiest of geeks...
>> 
>> Andy's right - being "provocative" (interesting use of the word) just
>> pisses people off.  Pissed off people don't listen.
>> 
>> After all, in the religion discussion, I was being provocative and you
>> ran off.  More or less proves the point, don't you think?
> 
> yes, it pisses people off and they'll ignore you, for a time.  But the
> damn thing will echo in their heads and eventually they'll do something
> about it. ;)

Ah, so you've decided Darren and I were right after all, then? ;-)

Jim

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