Bill Brown wrote: > Yo compacters everywhere, > > Our (as in OUR!) J. S. Garrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sez: > > >I'll be making good on my promise to unsub, now. This isn't the list I > >joined, and I don't want to be here any > >longer. > > Jeff, you will be sorely missed by this lister. Your encouragement to all > has been exemplary. By > example, you often show all of us how to carry on reasoned civil debate on > this forum. And you speak in whole sentences while doing so. You will be > missed. Hurry back. > > Bill >
I remember a J S Garrison in the Vintage Macs (or the Quadlist?) when I was there, whoa I'd say 3-4 years ago. There has never been a war like that ever in any of the lists that's I've been as I recall. The thing is we need to learn not to take posters responses personal. I've been practically called childish and ridiculous by a list nanny just for a question I posted in the PCI mac list. My answer went to his email not the list, and I didn't insult him but answered with similar remarks as he used. It is important that we remember we are in a list about *computers* and insults are something personal, they do not belong in the list, and this of course is a MAC discussion list, not a personal debates list. I am sure Dan can explain that better. It is still hard for me to understand that all of this started just for a subject line. I may have been upset but would have dealt with it by a simple personal email, something that probably just happened by a simple copy/paste command that pasted the wrong thing on the subject line, it could have happened to anyone, let alone to a person that I've heard has brain damage. My suggestion is that anyone who is short tempered (someone who can't take a joke or a little indiference) should think twice about being in such a list that hundreds of people subscribe to, all with their own way of thinking and opinion. Nobody is here to cause trouble, let alone a person who's been here for such a long time, so please don't take it personal, save us some aggravation. The wise is not the one who makes the smartest comment but the one who avoids a missunderstanding by keeping their comments to him/herself. This goes to everyone not just the people who supposedly had an argument. I have to agree with J S G, the lists (all of them) are not what they used to be they are beginning to look like those AOL message boards. Too sad, unless things change around here a bit, I guess I wont stay much longer either. I just know I subscribed less than a week ago and find myself in the middle of this argument, what the heck am I to do! Lil -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
