On Wed, 19 Nov 2014, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 19 November 2014 01:48:24 Michael . wrote: >> Why do mailing lists always end up with emotional posts? >> No DE is awful. I use most of them, they each have their good and bad >> points. >> Attacking another DE is similar to attacking systemd or suggesting Debian >> is on its last legs. >> It is an opinion, everyone has a right to their opinions, but no one else >> should feel as though they are using something that is inadequate just >> because, as individuals, we don't like something. > > No, I cannot accept this. I am partially sighted. That is my perspective. > Yes, MATE on Mint is awful. For me. I did make that clear. One man's meat > is another man's poison. And I can give rational reasons for feeling that. > > But that doesn't mean that there are not those who love it. In fact, I know > that there are, and I have no problem with that. I have never said that it > should not exist or that this distro or that distro should not use it. Or > that those who use it are inferior. In fact, some might say that they are > superior because they clearly have better eyesight. ;-) Merely that I find > it awful. And that in a discussion on another list we could not hink of > another DE which is as configurable, and therefore as suitable for those of > us with less than 20:20 vision, as TDE. > > Lisi I agree that such discussions of opinions, based in fact and on reasonable considerations, are perfectly acceptable and I welcome them. I find them helpful (even when I disagree). F. -- Felmon Davis If ignorance isn't bliss, I don't know what is. -- Craig Ewing