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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)?
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To: FuzzFace who wrote (42330)1/4/1998 5:14:00 PM
From: Michael Coley  Read Replies (1) of 58324
 
RE: To respond or not to respond?

Edwin,

>> I am constantly torn between the case for ignoring them versus gamely playing along and endlessly refuting them. <<

You're in good company. In the book of Proverbs chapter 26, here is what verses 4 and 5 tell us:

4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, let he be wise in his own conceit.
- Proverbs 26:4-5

(And that's coming from the wisest man ever, Solomon!)

I think it's important to defend against error, but to avoid stooping to their level. If something is obviously wrong, it doesn't need a response. If something is completely off topic (grammar, other stocks, etc.) it doesn't need a response. If something is inciteful, it doesn't need a response. But if it's a potentially valid point left in a civil manner that hasn't been addressed recently (or by someone else since the message was left), I agree that it needs to be addressed.

- Michael Coley
- i1.net
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