On Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 10:29:06AM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > Look, it was a politely worded request, and I *specifically* stated > that I was not acting as listowner with this request, just someone who > was trying to relax with e-mail while breakfast was making.
And you are STILL criticizing me for starting a discussion about something that is important to me. It is your perogative to do so, of course, but don't expect me to be quiet about it. If you ask me not to use certain words, you need to expect that I might want to discuss it. If you don't want to discuss it, then you might want to consider not making the request. > If you don't like the community standard, wait until everyone has had > a chance to calm down from reacting to your position, and then put > forward a proposal that doesn't look like a knee-jerk reaction and > maybe more rational discussion can take place. I might say the same to you about a discussion that started as a result of an admonishment that you posted. Of course, I wouldn't really mean it since I'm all for discussions. But it would be consistent with your argument here. > Neither of the posts I was objecting to were anywhere *near* as bad > (think about the distance of Pluto from the Sun, as opposed to that of > Mercury), but they weren't civil. Then why on earth (or pluto or mercury) did you bring up using certain words in this case? Why not stick to the "uncivility" that was apparently the problem for you? > As a reader of posts and a participant, I just wanted a little more > civility on-list. Is that too much to ask? No. Why didn't you ask it without bringing in other issues? *** We should be eternally vigilant against attempt to check the expression that we loathe. --Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. *** -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.com/
