Dan Minette wrote:
>4) Some people tend to get angry about topics that bore them; and >claim that it shuts other discussions down. I know that I've been >fussed at for damaging the list for posting on philosophy. It >wasn't that I was antagonistic towards the people I was debating; I >felt it was a pleasant debate; it was that people were upset that I >was posting on something they weren't interested in. See, that's BS. They should ignore the topics that bore them, or work on continuing their own. Not only is it right in the list guidelines, but it takes a lot of balls to complain that someone else's topic is distracting from his own, rather than simply assuming his topic maybe just wasn't that interesting. :) >5) The topics that everyone seems to have an opinion about is list >gossip. Whether it is Mark's alternative reality postings; Jeroen >and JDG fussing; Jeroen and Eric fussing; etc. Look at the months >in the last 2 years with a lot of posts, and you will find a fuss. So what you're saying is that in spite of the generally high level of smarts here, we're at heart just gossipy old ladies? :) >Actually, IMHO, the last is not a real tiff. My understanding is >the Erik is posting a serial parody of Jeroen. I'm not so sure about that. It hasn't exactly been a laugh riot around here lately. Jim ------------------------------------------------ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!
