Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Holding the peace is a good idea. The horse is dead. Robert Clark Lancaster, PA Marc James Small wrote: > At 09:40 PM 7/12/01 -0400, Johnny Deadman wrote: > >this must be some OTHER Marc James Small than the one who got DAMNED uppity > >about draft dodgers was it, erm, 48 hours ago! > > Precisely my point, sir. You all saw the flames that erupted on that one. > I violated the rule, and chaos resulted. And I have less excuse than > Henry, as I KNOW why we shouldn't post on political topics. (In my > defense, I will point out that I was responding, in some sniffiness, to the > post of another.) > > And that is what happens WHENEVER someone posts a political commentary: > someone else reads it, gets miffed, posts a hot response -- and we are off > to the races. Almost always, the subsequent posters run off the field on > tangents of their own. > > Thus, gentle chiding, off-List, is perhaps in order for political comments > -- but, when someone responds hotly to another's comments, let's all hold > our peace, MYSELF included! > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir!