[MPlayer-users] firewalls needed :)

[D J Hawkey Jr]

On Dec 19, at 04:22 AM, domi wrote:
> 
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > Now, as someone pointed out a while back, it may be a cultural thing,
> > what with many of the developers coming from what we Westerners call
> > Eastern Europe. If this is the case, you'd be wise to "westernize"
> > yourselves a bit, as that's where much of your userbase is.
> 
> Well, i feel sad about your opinion, being from the so called "Eastern
> Europe" myself too. I doubt that you know anything at all about our
> country, it's culture and the people living in it.
> So please stay away from such humiliating statements,
> although I won't draw degrading conclusions about "Westerners" after it,
> but surely after you.

See the first part of my last post:

   You took the literal, and ignored the meaning. I meant no offense. I
   only meant that here - at least in my part of the country - we tend to
   treat others with respect.

   MPlayer's mailing archives has the post of which I alluded to WRT
   cultural differences. You're correct, I don't know much about Eastern
   European cultures. I took that poster's comments as being somewhat
   authoritative, as nobody refuted or argued his comments when he made
   them. IIRC, he mentioned spending much time in Eastern Europe.

   If my comment offended anyone, again, it was unintentional, and I
   apologize.

I obviously touched sensitive nerves with the comment you quote. As I
stated above, that was not my intention. I erred in believing another's
observation, and that is indeed, entirely my fault.

Again, my apologies.

But why isn't anyone taking issue with the THEME of my post, rather than
my poor turn of phrase?

> domi

Dave

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