David, my sincere apologies for any offense you've read in my post. I was not responding to anything you've written here.
I was only responding to Marty's comment, "After the opinions and corrections I have received, people take this pretty personally." It's a classic example of how offense can be given without meaning to at all. I do apologize. For the record, I never respond with an opinion about whether someone's post to the reflector is appropriate, and I never resort to any sort of personal attack, publicly or privately. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: David King [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 4:02 PM To: Ron D'Eau Claire Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Just ordered a KX1, and have a question Ron...I replied privately to Marty with my comments because I didn't think I needed to clutter up the entire reflector with my comments. As to the additional "stuff" I mentioned I purchased for my K2 project...I was merely noting my self-justifications didn't fly with my wife...just like they don't to a whole lot of other hams that have posted on this list....I thought it was a bit of Ham humor...not "beating someone up." As mine was the only response he posted to the full list, it would appear I'm being included in the "impolite off-reflector answers" group you're castigating, and I don't appreciate that label. I took full responsibility for my opinion and I provided my name and call. Your comments imply I went on a rude rant. I respectfully disagree. And, as for your comments...I too have a delete key. And I just used it. David King KE7EKA Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > Hi, Marty: > > It sounds like you've gotten some pretty impolite off-reflector > answers. > > In my experience, people who need to speak privately often have little > worthwhile to say and they fear being criticized themselves. That's > why they reply privately. To me, it's like someone at the local Ham > club meeting grabbing a fellow who asks a question and dragging him > outside to berate him in private for being stupid and then telling him > what to do out of hearing of the others. > > Thank you for speaking up publicly. The only way to stop that behavior > is to confront it, then hit the delete key. (Wonderful invention, that > delete key, but it can take practice not let rudeness dwell on your > thoughts. I try to remember that, frequently, the rudeness is > unintentional, like someone stepping on my toe at a club meeting, even if they don't apologize.) > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
