I think it was the "go somewhere else" that got Judith upset. I've never used list owner as a weapon in my arguments. If I can't win or hold my ground on my own then my argument is flawed.
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Charlie Griefer <[email protected]>wrote: > > It's probably safe to say tho, that lots of folks get pissed off in a great > many of the threads here. that's part of the fun of cf-community :) > I think some of the concern that Gel is expressing, which I'll admit to > feeling myself upon seeing Judith's reply, is that... well, is there a > distinction between Michael the "list owner" and Michael the community > participant? If someone disagrees with you (Michael the community > participant), do they need to tread lightly for fear of pissing off Michael > the list owner? Surely there have been threads between Robert and Gruss or > Gruss and Sam or even Larry and myself that were just as "bad" as the > thread > in question, and none of them were subject to intervention. > > I will say it was very cool to see Judith go all "lioness protecting her > mate". If that's all it was, that's cool. I'd like to think if my wife > was > on the list, she'd stand up for me (altho truth be told we'd probably be > the > ones needing intervention). But brandishing the "list owner" title made it > feel like it isn't necessarily a wise move to disagree with you (or to > disagree as vehemently as Judah did) in a way that makes you different than > simply being "Michael the community participant" in the context of these > discussions. > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Michael Dinowitz < > [email protected] > > wrote: > > > > > I think she looked at the thread after hearing me across the room fuming > at > > the response that I got. She knows that if I get pissed there must be a > > VERY > > good reason. > > > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I agree. This may be why I have no idea what happened in the thread; I > > > really see no point in a discussion where I could pre-script all the > > > players. I don't have time to look at the thread right now but I do > deal > > > with Judith quite a bit on the magazine and I suspect that > > > > > > a) she thought she could improve the situation by saying something > > > > > > b) if she said nothing in situations that were as bad or worse, it's > > likely > > > she did not see them > > > > > > Judith is a *very* busy lady and I know for a fact that she does not > > follow > > > cf-community on a daily basis. She may heve looked at the thread > because > > of > > > the number of posts perhaps? > > > > > > In case that helps > > > Dana > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:291163 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
