Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Austin Franklin wrote: > > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mark Langer > > Subject: [Leica] Brian, can you take these loonies off? > > Mark, > > You really believe calling people names, much less "loonies", is less of a > degradation to the list? > > Austin > I think a person is at strong disadvantage when they come one making slights at major threads on the list and inherently the people involved when they themselves have not been on ANY treads AT ALL for quite a while and their name is barely recognizable on the list. This makes them pretty much a lurker. It's hard to say stuff from that position but if its personal at all forget it. And in this case it certainly comes of strongly obnoxious. I have made the same mistake myself new to a list making strong negative statements when the bottom line is: these guys don't know me. I could be saying stuff about their adversary on the list but they'll take their side against me: I'm an outsider. Persona non grata. A crispy cheesy hors d'oeuvre if there ever was one! My spell checker has quite a time with Latin, let alone French. I try to teach it but it never learns. The lug over the post week and a half has been a very inspiring positive place and I'm glad I'm on it. We've had very interesting Political discussions, easily verboten (now we've got German) with little to know stupid nasty stuff. I think it's because we resect each other. "looneis off" does not indicate such certainly. I'm sure the people who don't find the Lug to their Leicing will make like a tree and leaf. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA Photography Website: http://www.rabinergroup.com Email: mark@rabinergroup.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html