Linadian, mine was an offer, something that you could have taken to show that you are not utterly unreasonable, yet your first point is that you don't care what one who is speaking to you in a calm, polite and reasonable way, has to say.
Is that a testament on your character?
Regarding your second point, although you are right in saying that "the info is out there", I didn't ask you to provide info in general, I simply pointed out that if you want to be taken seriously you have to stop assuming that just because you think (or "know") you are right, then others should be able to see that you are right just because you say it.
Show them, reasonably.
I suggested that to do so, you could start afresh by backing up your arguments with simple and reasonably easy to verify claims.
Your call was to ignore my advice, take into account that future failures in communication will largely be due to your resistance to do as I suggested.
Point three: I never called distro "leaders" and developers "paranoid". I said the way most anti-systemd people, and you a champion in this, act is fanatical and paranoid. I stand by the statement, but this doesn't imply that it is true, just that it looks like it it is true.
If you want to be taken seriously you can communicate with other people by reaching them halfway, instead of spewing hate and assuming bad faith.
Point four:
My avatar, and this is not the
first time we talk about it, is simply Richard Stallman in a silly costume (EDIT: thanks to golinux for the picture).
It is funny though that you are accusing me of having blind faith, for I am not pushing any truth, and the one who is doing evangelism about his own gospel is you.
Different strokes right?
Point five:
You see? Besides a few "crap this" and "crap that" you are not that far from a reasonable approach.
Just drop the attitude, try and see things from the perspective of other people too (this would mean to change your view on point one), and you will be able to carry your point across without being told that you are fanatical, paranoid, assholish etc.
For instance, and I'll go to point six:
If you talk to those who have a different view in that way, you put them in a defensive mode.
They will be more likely to not be reasonable, thus perpetuating the problems of communication. Systemd proponents and supporters will be more likely to listen to your concerns if you don't automatically assume they're up for something evil.
They will more likely not close their communication channels if you don't resort to calling them assholes and assuming they are idiots, sheep and whatnot.
So in conclusion Linadian, try to see that is far easier to talk to people if you're not shitting on them or kicking them in the balls.
And even if you think that they have been unfair to you in the first place, remember that by being the better man you do a favor to you, not to them.
Now, I hope you will not prove me wrong again, wrong about trying to communicate with you.
There are users who are already savoring the taste of your peppered comeback just to say "what did you expect, there is no hope for Linadian".
I think you only need to just take a few more breaths before doing anything.
Bye
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