On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 03:02:42PM +0100, Ryan, Shane wrote:
> this elitism can be beneficial
> sometimes (like for instance teaching
> someone to figure things out themselves
> before quickly rushing to ilug) and
again, how is that elitism? elitists put up barriers to stop people
from joining. telling people how to get the knowledge themselves is
kind of the exact opposite of that.
now yes, rtfm and thing(<man section number>) are elitist; they assume
you know what those mean. but i've seen comments like colm's, where
he explains how to use man to find the answer, called elitist. and no
one seems to reject that notion. there's user friendly and then there's
the tech version of the white-man's burden. "aw, they're just not smart
enough, you have to lead by the hand like a child."
kevin
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