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edmund_the_destroyer wrote

As a not-quite-rabid Linux fan, I'm saddened by the rudeness in many Linux communities.

I've read Linus' justification for rudeness on the Linux mailing list - he's almost always dealing with long time colleagues and isn't just insulting novices or random strangers. Even if I agreed with that, his example isn't followed - the larger community takes his example meaning that you can tell anyone to go $(&$%$ their $(%&$(% for any reason or no reason whatsoever.

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