MORE Mac users
“cunninghamcanada@yahoo.ca” wrote me a little gem that included this:
Obviously you’ve never actually used OSX or touched a Mac. Bill Gates is to busy paying you or sucking your limp cock.
But rest assured, YOU ARE DEAD, along with that fat ugly wife of yours, and that fucking rat you call a kid — a kid you are known to molest. The neighbours and right wing Virginia must hear the screams at night from that thing, “Daddy, daddy, don’t touch me like that.” Shameful. Especially since you are not the father, since you are known as impotent. So, did Bill Gates give you V.D. or E.D.?
And I’m supposed to have respect for people like this?
Once again, I’m getting stuff like this because of what I wrote about a piece of software.
Mac users insist they’re not part of a cult. And yet, look at the comment areas of the entries on this site. Look at the long, repetitive arguments. Look at the name calling. All because of what I said about a piece of free beta software.
It’s incredible. It’s sad.
As of 4/16, comments are closed. Make ‘em over in the Boot Camp entry.
Simon Willison says:
No, you’re not supposed to respect people like that. I’ve seen plenty of childish flames like that from people that prefer Windows - does that mean that they’re all sad cultists?
Meanwhile, there are plenty of comments an http://www.kantor.com/usatoday/boot_camp.shtml that make civil, well-reasoned arguments. How about highlighting a few of those in addition to the childish flames you’ve been quoting so far?