RE: FLASH: Let me rephrase my question about Flash and Director

[Paul Watson]

To share knowledge is definitley not human instinct. In actual fact our

instinct is to keep that knowledge from others and to better use it for

our own good. Point in fact are the priest of the medievil ages. They

banned any non-priest ( or non-churchman ) the right to read and write.

They realised that if they gave the peasants this great knowledge they

would not be able to lead the peasants anymore. They realised the

peasants would start thinking for themselves and "rise above their

station" and expel the priests. It was the human hunger for power and

control that curtailed the spread of knowledge.


oh and to ammend my statement


> "Just remember everyone was a newbie once and if "professionals" (

unlike

> myself ) don't have the time to help out newbies then they are being

> very selfish. "


i do apologise for using the word selfish.. wasnt the right choice of

words i agree.


take care all and prosper


from paul


-----Original Message-----

From: Catherine Rodionova [

rkco [dot] ru (mailto:rkco [dot] ru)

]

Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 9:56 AM

To:

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Subject: Re: FLASH: Let me rephrase my question about Flash and Director





>"Just remember everyone was a newbie once and if "professionals" (

unlike

>myself ) don't have the time to help out newbies then they are being

>very selfish. "

>

>Sorry man, I have to *totally* disagree with you here.  Some of use

choose

>to help others because we enjoy it, not because its the "right" thing

to do.

>Knowledge always comes at a price. In this case it costs myself and

others

>on the list time, and hence quite possibly money to spread knowledge

about

>flash.  If we weren't paying, others would be, by purchasing  classes,

>books, etc.  It is, in fact, adventageous to a certain extent for me to

keep

>people from learning flash, since I teach courses about it.  I could

just

>say "Hey, thats covered in the class, come take it to find out" to any

>question that floated my way.  I have just chosen to do otherwise.

>

>I think that J.C., Marc Hoffman, and all of the other list regulars

would

>agree with me in saying that we help because we like to, not because a

guilt

>trip.



I'm not a Flash Guru.  (At present moment :) )

But I'm absolutely agree with Branden. 

Just imagine primitive men. If they didn't teach each other to read and

write...

... it would't be possible to discuss a Flash problems now... 

To share the knowledge is kind of human instinct. I suppose.

So, if we don't obey the instincts, we shall die out. :)) Really. Just

like a dinosaurs.



Catherine.

>From Russia with love.

http://catherine.co.ru




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