UbuntuDupe's Journal: Apology to Ubuntu Forum II

The previous journal entry containing an apology has now been archived and prohibits comments. I am reposting it here to allow further comments from anyone who would like to, and to reaffirm my sincerity in the below.

Many of you are familiar with my history with Ubuntu and the Ubuntu forums. What follows is an apology for my behavior on the Ubuntu forums.

I apologize for the rude way I treated users on the Ubuntu forums. I should not have told anyone that they "reached a new low" or characterized Ubuntu's adherence to its stated philosophy as "crap", or generally taken the tone that I did with the people who offered help, even if I felt the criticisms I made (of the response, or of the technical merits of the Ubuntu software and instructions downloadable at the time) were valid. I understand that no one there is obligated to help me, and thus I should be appreciative of whatever help they provide.

This is not to say I have changed any opinion about the system and setup instructions that I criticized, just to say that I should not have made any of these crticisms, or responded to people in the Ubuntu forums, in the manner that I did two years ago.

I Forgive You

[Real World Stuff]

I accept your apology on behalf of the entire community. To humble yourself properly, fashion a suit from CD's and solicit rough sex from Asian transsexual prostitutes. Only then will you be truly free.

Re:

[somersault]

Amen

Damn...

[Anonymous Coward]

It's astonishing to see humility on the Internet anymore.

I have nothing to do with Ubuntu except as a happy user, but I read some of the threads when people here made a big deal about it way back when. I agree that it got out of hand, but as things go on the internet, didn't really seem exceptional.

Anyway, since forgiveness isn't mine to give, I just thought I'd say "good show", and wish you luck.

Umm...

[Anonymous Coward]

Who are you apologising to? If you sincerely wanted to apologise for your past behaviour, then these sentiments should be directed to the the folks on ubuntuforums.org.

The only logical conclusion is that you're actually apologising to the Slashdot community in order to prevent all your posts getting modded down.

Re:

[UbuntuDupe]

The disjunction between the two isn't as big as you might think.

But I'll agree with you and say it should be directed to the Ubuntu forums. Too bad there's the whole issue of not being able to post there, anywhere...

I would also like to apologise

[Profane MuthaFucka]

I am truly sorry that you can't be as rude and nasty a person as you'd like without some inconvenient remorse getting in the way. But then, not everybody can be me.