Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/13
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<color><param>0100,0100,0100</param>On 13 Jun 99, Joe Berenbaum wrote, at least in part:
<color><param>0000,0000,FF00</param>> At 04:55 PM 6/12/99 -0700, you wrote, in part:
>
> >This group is no more intelligent than those who use other
> >marques.
>
> A remarkable statement. You must be a very intelligent person yourself.
</color>Remarkable? Hardly. What a curious threshold of remarkability
[sic] you have. Intelligent? Sorry, no. Quite average in most
respects, and a bit below average in several areas. One, I guess,
is understanding how the aims of a dedicated list can be so
otherwise interpreted. We read the same words, but dont get the
same meaning from them.
<color><param>0000,0000,FF00</param>> >If Brian is happy with the list as it is, then he should restate its
> >agenda.
>
> I think you misunderstand how email lists are run if you are serious about
> that suggestion. It is his list, remember?
</color>I quite understand how lists are run. Prospective subscribers, as it
now is, are not being accurately informed before subscribing.
Look, troops, I have acknowledged our membership in the genus
<italic>Homo</italic>, and its propensity to wander OT. The pen topic should
have been self limiting by reasonable people. When it wasn't, the
listowner had every right and duty to step in. One has to assume
that when it wasn't done, the mission has changed.
<color><param>0000,0000,FF00</param>> Try it this way round; if, as a subscriber, you are unhappy with the list
> as it is, you can start your own, where you can be the listowner, have any
> agenda you want, and control the discussion as much as you think proper.
> You would be very successful, I'm sure.
</color>It would be a pity to dilute a dedicated list, but the thought has
crossed my (and others') mind.
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Roger
mailto:roger@beamon.org
Thought for the day:
It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.