Newsgroup Forgiveness

Your reviewer was looking at this post[1] by Mr. Simon Kissel. You might remember him in one of my blog posts where your reviewer mentions Mr. Simon Kissel got into a fight on the newsgroups and all manner of insults were said to him.

Fast forward to today, four years have passed. That is 1,460 days. Today, Mr Simon Kissel says:

No, the reason my stuff [posts] here is deleted most likely ... some people who tend not to forgive & forget past fights even after 4 years."

Now let me change topic to forgiveness. For your reviewer, it is almost 12 years had passed (4,380 days) and if your reviewer posts to Embarcadero's newsgroups today, your reviewer will get the same treatment as Mr. Simon Kissel did.

Why do I mention about forgiveness? Look at how long has passed. For Mr. Simon Kissel, 1,460 days has passed and the people on the newsgroups have not forgiven. For your reviewer, more than 4,380 days has passed and the people on the newsgroups gave same treatment to your reviewer, like as if there is no sense of forgiveness and no mercy.

Let me change topics to the religion that some of these people believe in. The Lord Jesus Christ, in his parable Matthew 18:21-35. Since many people don't read the bible, I will paste the texts here:
Then Peter approaching said to him,
"Lord, how many times will my brother sin against me
and shall I forgive him?
Up to seven times?"

Jesus says to him, "I do not tell you up to seven times,
but up to seventy times seven.
For this reason the sovereignty of heaven is like a king,
who wished to settle accounts with his servants.
As he began the accounting,
one debtor of ten thousand talents was brought to him.
And as he did not have it to pay back,
the Lord commanded him and his wife and children
and everything he had to be sold, and it be paid back.

"So the servant fell on his knees to him saying,
'Be patient with me, and I will pay back everything to you.'
And empathizing with that servant the lord released him,
and forgave him the loan.

"But going out that servant found one of his fellow servants,
who owed him a hundred days' wages,
and grabbing him he choked him
saying, 'Pay back if you owe anything.'

"So falling down his fellow servant begged him
saying, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.'

"And he did not want to,
but going away he threw him into prison
until he should pay back the debt.

"So seeing what happened
his fellow servants were deeply grieved,
and coming explained to the lord themselves
everything that happened.

"Then his lord calling him says to him, 'Bad servant,
I forgave you all that debt, since you begged me to;
must not you also have mercy on your fellow servant,
as I had mercy on you?'

"And being angry his lord gave him over to the jailers
until he should pay back all the debt to him.
Thus also my heavenly Father will do to you,
unless you each forgive your brother from your hearts."
Matthew 18:21-35

Your reviewer is really sick of the contempt, ridicules and stupid remarks faced on the newsgroups. It's amazing that TeamB never cancels these manner of insults but any bad remarks to TeamB or to Borland or CodeGear or to now, Embarcadero's staff, they are just cancelled. Or how they continue this hypocrisy where there is "Delphi Love" but hate thy enemy instead.

Fast forward to the future, say, 2015. It will be almost 15 years, the same old people will be there too (except those who passed away). It will be 5,475 days and your reviewer will post to the newsgroups and no surprise, get the same shabby treatment.

Let's not talk about Lazarus and the Rich Man:

There was a rich man Delphi developer who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's Side. The rich man also died and was buried. In Hell,where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. So he called to him, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.' But Abraham replied, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.' He answered, 'Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house, for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.' Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.' 'No, Father Abraham,' he said, 'but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.' He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'

Which comes to the next topic. Many years ago, your reviewer was constantly arguing with one guy, who was described as a person passionate about Delphi to his very last days. I told him politely to stop his insults to me just because he don't agree with what I said. He was so full of hate that eventually I gave up posting to the newsgroup, but lo and behold - that person picked up a fight with other people too, and gave all sorts of insults, slurs and animosity such that those other people, probably stopped using Delphi altogether.

Your reviewer still remember, hi ______, I'm sorry, can you forgive me? click - the phone went dead.

There really does not need much to be said about this matter onwards and for whatever reason, five, ten or twenty years later, forget it. It's not worth saying anymore. If you cannot forgive a damn in your heart, just remember why I wrote this blog for...

Why is this called Delphi Hater's blog?

Because your reviewer is sick of the hypocrisy these Delphi-lovers give:

 - like this ridiculous software piracy issue where Mr. Kim Bo Madsen, Mr. Bruno Fiens, and others have to constantly monitor warez sites to delete the warez links,

- this money issue where the vendors are not paid and people use all illegal software instead of proper licensing,

- this attitude on the newsgroups where people who you do not agree with are treated with concept and ridicule,

- this vendor attitude where it seems like buying 3rd party is like buying used-cars, the vendor disappears, or the vendor does not fix bugs (more like extortion) except annual payments,

- this "employee" attitude where people seem to do poor works and expect high salaries.

or ... all hypocrisy in other words.


[1] https://forums.embarcadero.com/thread.jspa?threadID=40300