John wrote: > No...... maybe I don't hold "bashing" to be as negative a term as some > people are taking it, but "bashing" *is* what occurs on most dicussion > lists. "Constructive Criticism" is critcism designed to construct > changes. Since that is impossible on a List of this nature (Dubya hasn't > subscribed yet (though he probably should! :)), the comments are clearly > criticism with the intent of taking the moral stature of the United States > down a notch among the Brin-L readers. Thus, the comments are "bashing."
Perhaps I wasn't clear - I was pointing out that, as it's difficult to accurately determine the intent of another poster, it's sometimes a wise idea to look at their post from a wider context than "black/white" "fer us/agin us". I still think you're reading too much into it, and overreacting a tad. JMO. Adam [EMAIL PROTECTED]
