Can't we all just get along? ;)

See Erika, we do change topics. 

At 08:13 PM 1/31/02, you wrote:
>Aw, gee, Mr. President, you're not even gonna Tactical Nuke the dude?
><just kidding>
>Ya running for Secretary of State as well as President?
>
>Oh, I get it - you wanna make peace
>so we can sell him MUFFINS and make foreign exchange!
>
>-Ben
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 5:20 PM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: Re: The Death of Cold Fusion
>
>
>> 1.  Ben Falloon, a fellow Aussie, who cops more than the average number
>> of heated responses accepts that he has a controversial (pretty much
>> hard-left-leaning) stand on many of the socio-political issues discussed
>> here (Israel, globalisation, refugees, elections, etc.).  But he also
>> accepts that that stand means he wears a big target for the more
>> moderate->right leaning members of the list, and he doesn't get worked
>> up over it.  While his discussion may be frank and often in-your-face,
>> he's not going to get offended and slink off because someone tells him
>> something he doesn't want to hear.
>
>Yeah .. we all know Ben Falloon hates Americans ;)  But still, at the end of
>the heated discussions we all get along just fine.  Debates tend to get
>heated sometimes, but there's always respect.  I'm guessing your pretty new,
>or else you would have seen many of the controversial subjects that have
>been discussed over the year.  No one gets all upset and pouts, whines,
>holds a grudge, refuses to speak to someone else ever again, etc.
>
>To suggest that we can't hold a decent conversation, or debate, is just
>unfair.  I've seen total knock down drag-out flame wars on other lists that
>devolve into to acts of personal revenge (signing someone's e-mail up for a
>crap load of spam sites, etc.) over the most trivial, stupid things.  This
>list is, by far, the most well behaved, respectfull list I have ever seen in
>my time on the Internet.
>
>You might want to take some time to lurk and get a feeling for the people
>here.  It's usually not a good idea to come into a list, post a "hostile"
>message and then have a knee-jerk reaction when you face resistance by
>insulting people.
>
>Usually, just saying, "Oops, you misunderstood me.  Let me try to clarify my
>position." and then go on with a well thought out, non-accusitory discussion
>fixes everything right up.
>
>Give it a try :)
>
>Todd
>-----
>Todd for President
>Continuing the peace process, for a better tomorrow.
>
>
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