Hi Bernd and List, Bernd, you are too modest and unassuming to acknowledge this but you are a class act. As you say, it is sometimes hard to clean up a mess but at least you don't just walk away from one.
Hoping to read many more posts from you... -Walter -------------------------------------------- www.branchmeteorites.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 5:26 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Taking Offence - A Repost > Hello Gregory and List, > > I've been sitting here at my computer for quite some time now, > brooding, considering, reconsidering, and feeling very uneasy > after re-reading this post many times: > > I once wrote: > > " ... , I am taking offense to your harmful comments > and the way you twist other list members' comments." > > Gregory then responded: > > "And Bernd is about as nonpartisan and imperturbable a member as the list has. > Isn't there a "line" of common decency SOMEWHERE, past which a member > deliberately forfeits his own "good standing"? Sadly, it seems not to be the > case. Thanks for the post, Bernd - I'm sure everyone else feels the same > way too, but there seems to be a curious reluctance to publicly express it. > > Well, it is easy to go off but hard to clean up the mess. Were there reasons > why I exploded? Yes, there were! Is it a justification to go off on someone > like I did? No! > > I was neither "nonpartisan" nor "imperturbable" a few days ago and I blundered > when - though by mistake - I sent Gregory's private comment and my response > to it to the list. > > When I told my Pauline (my wife :-) that Gregory wanted an apology, she said > without hesitating a second: " Whatever he did, you've made a mistake. Yes, > I think you should apologize!" > > As you can all see it took some days to sink in but the message finally arrived > at the bottom. So, Gregory, please accept my sincere apologies for my having > gone over the line of "common decency". > > The only one who dared at least "hint" at such an "uncalled for" reaction was > Dave Andrews, who wrote at the end of his mail "probably said too much > already". No, Dave, you didn't! Thank you! > > I may be one of the major contributors to this List but this doesn't - and above all - > shouldn't give me the right to attack and flame list members in such an unqualified > manner. > > Feeling much > better now, > > Bernd > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list