Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Cmrausr@aol.com9/4/019:50 AM > I for one do not believe an apology is required, since it will in no way > modify the other member's attitude or behavior. I hesitate to get involved in these name-calling forrays. But I would like to suggest that: We should perceive that anything that anyone says on this, or any other list, as that person's opinion. She or he has the right to express that opinion, whether we agree with it or not. Right wing, left wing, middle of the road, born again or not, let people speak their thoughts. Each one of us can then draw conclusions about how that individual thinks and communicates about any particular topic. We can imagine that we know them (but of course we don't). We can then express our own opinions about "the topic". Each reader will draw their own conclusions regarding the many opinions on "the topic". I don't understand why or how it gets down in to the mud slinging and name-calling at the individual(s), themselves. Expressing an opinion about a "topic", or an "image" seems to me quite acceptable and quite different - than expressing an opinion about a list member's intelligence, personality, or very personhood - which I find unacceptable. George