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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Erik Reuter
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> So your explanation is: people get involved in a thread that upsets them
> for the reason that the posts from other people are upsetting them? If I
> have that right, then it would seem ignoring the posts that upset them
> to be the more prudent course, unless, of course, they get some sort of
> fulfillment out of being upset. That's why I say I don't understand it.
I'll try another analogy. It's like being at a party (or a series of
parties) where a couple of friend get into an argument in which they become
loud, nasty, sarcastic, etc. In that situation, I'll try to get them to
settle down or leave, even if it's not my party and not my house. To ignore
them would be wrong, in my opinion.
You seem to think that Brin-l isn't like a real-life gathering, since there
is technology to filter people out. I would disagree with any such
argument. If Brin-l were a random group of people who came and went with no
history, ignoring such an argument would be fine. But it's not that at all,
it's a community with shared interest and history together. When a couple
of well-established community members get into the kind of bickering that's
going on between you two, it's not just between you two. It's soiling the
nest that we build together.
Nick
