Ben, that was the most graceful acceptance of reality I have ever
encountered on this list.

You are a great man, and have earned my respect.

M

-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 2:23 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: RedSky discussions


: I know you didn't start the thread. I know you didn't start the thread.

/me looks sheepish
I actually didn't mean to type that twice.  I got interrupted just after I
started typing, and you know how that goes.

: The problem I see is with talking about how you are sick of people talking
: about something. By talking about it on an open forum, you become part of
: the very problem you are complaining about. You are opening up
: more avenues
: for conversation about the subject, thereby further aggravating
: the problem.

Okay.  I can accept that.  I admit that in my irritation I missed the fact
that I was contributing.  I'm a little grumpy today -- please try to forgive
me.

: As far as you not wanting to see these big threads about NDAs / betas /
: etc., just don't read the thread. I ignore lots of threads posted
: by people
: on this list that go on for days and hundreds of posts because I find them
: disinteresting. You should feel free to ignore them just the same.

I didn't read the thread once I realized where it was going.  Part of my
irritation was that I tend to check my email when it beeps "new mail!" at
me, and I was tired of /all/ of them being irrelevant and OT.  I've just got
my nose out of joint.  I wouldn't have been so irritated if they had done it
on Community, or CF-Macromedia, or CF-OT, or anywhere it would have been at
least not off topic.

: I'm sorry if I said anything to offend, but that's not what I
: intended. You

I guess I'm just easily offended today.  Sorry I got my dander up.

: didn't do anything wrong, you just added to the problem you were
: complaining
: about. And you seem completely unaware of the fact you are doing so, or
: convinced you could not be doing that because the thread is now about your
: innermost feelings about a subject instead of the subject itself (which is
: just splitting hairs, since many people are casual email readers at best).

Yeah, I was completely unaware of my own complicity in the evils I was
bashing on.  I deserved to get called on it.  Thanks, I think.  :-)

--BenD



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