I'd say the statement was uncalled for (in whatever context it was made) and extremely poor advise.
That alone should be enough reason to lower your reputation...
Actually, the specific context is exactly why it
wasn't "poor advice" in this case:
In
the thread in question, OurNation was not making an offhand comment on the general use of Internet Explorer at all- The comment was directly in reference to the fact that the latest HijackThis log which Mereannjen had posted in the thread indicated that she had an instance of Internet Explorer running when she ran HiajckThis. Given that HijackThis cannot fully and completely perform all of its fixes while
any instances of IE are still running, OurNation's observation of that was on the mark.
Granted, perhaps the addition of some appropriate "smiley" icon in OurNation's post would have made the "joking" aspect of the post more obviously apparent to all. Quite honestly though- to call OurNation's comment (
in context, because it
was made as such) rude, out-of-line, or uncalled for is simply incorrect.
That said, let's not have this rather minor matter get too personal, OK?
....except for my next post directed at alc6379's comment :mrgreen:
(please note appropriate use of "smiley" above)
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