Re: Swelling while on a cruise

In article <2006Jun5.210604.28073@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
bae@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

In article <jason-0506061518330001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Jason Johnson <jason@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <2006Jun5.173704.22948@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
bae@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Jason, imagine that you are in an unfamiliar city, and can't find an
address you urgently need to get to. You ask someone on the street
for advice.

Which result would you prefer:

(1) The person gives you detailed instructions that turn out to be so
wrong that you end up much farther away from your destination than when
you started.

(2) The person says "I'm sorry, I don't know where that is. You'll have
to find a map or someone who does know."

I would choose number 2--that's why I told the poster to go to their
doctor to find out the cause of the edema.

No, what you did was more like (1) followed by "or you could look at a map."
Bad advice is *worse* than no advice.

I answered your question so please answer my question. In the majority of
your newsgroup posts, do you try to help people or do you criticize
posters?
I feel sorry for people that visit newsgroup just to criticize posters.
I have lots of respect for the members of newsgroups that try to help
people even if they sometimes make mistakes.
Jason
.

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