As I have commented before (see my posting on 'Disagreement in Israel'), the personal attacks do become annoying, but are necessary for the 'health' of the list. It instills 'memetic immunity' into the cells (us list memebers). Perhaps a thank you to those _most annoying_ would be in order, unless that is perhaps,... _annoying_?
Nerd From Hell > -----Original Message----- > From: Marvin Long, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 12:39 PM > To: Brin-L > Subject: Re: Does it matter? > > > > I find myself gradually worrying about it less and less, > partly because > I'm incapable of keeping my own hands totally "clean," so to speak. I > think I've about reached a point where, unless things are > spiraling out of > control, I just don't care very much about periodic exchanges > of fire. My > threshhold for saying something has "spiralled out of > control" has risen a > bit, too. > > On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > Off and on over the last year or so, I've opened my mouth > and said something > > when I've noticed listmembers bashing each other -- usually > to just say > > 'Please take it offlist'. I do know that I'm not > completely innocent either > > in this matter. But I do find it annoying when the list > devolves into > > personal attacks. > > > > Am I the only one who gives a flying wallenda about this? > Because if it's > > not bothering anyone else, I'll shut up and just delete > posts I think are > > uncivilized. > > > > Jon > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > > > > Marvin Long > Austin, Texas > >
