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Originally Posted by GoSharks
I absolutely agree that there is a significant amount of misplaced hostility in many of these threads. However, wvcherrybomb, jumping in at the end of a conversation is going to cause you to miss a few things.... Nate's third try at his blog does strike the right tone (IMHO) and is humorous - 'third times a charm'. Though a well phrased apologetic PM to the OP would not be inappropriate....  |
You are correct in that I didn't see the first two attempts. Judging by what I had read in this thread, I believed that the only thing that he changed was the direct quote. As is, it's funny. If the entire post was changed, then my comments only pertain to what I can read now.
What led me to believe that no harm was meant is that Nate linked to his blog post. He must have sincerely believed that it was not offensive. Offensive is in the eye of the beholder and some of us are more sensitive than others.
As to whether or not an apology is in order, I would say it is only because the OP was unhappy. In the future, a better course of action would be to ask people permission to use their posts. Even though it's not legally necessary, it would be the courteous thing to do.
This thread also contains avatar usage hostility. I don't know if the avatar in question was an image created by the individual using it, or if he just staked claim to it. Either way, it didn't belong on this thread and added to the overall bad vibes I was referring to.