Hell-
This is so sad for me. I enjoy the list for all the same reasons you have
expressed and I too am weary of all the BS lately. All I know is that we are
ALL human and WHATEVER sets us apart or draws us TOGETHER is valid in its
own way, but I feel the need to be positive and avoid the negative at ALL
costs. I am sure that the negative reaction is to withdraw completely. I
NEED so many elements of this list in my life, but rebel (I am sorry that's
negative) against the BS. Try to skip the BS at all costs and embrace all
that you hold dear here, because you may be one of the elements that one of
us may hold dear and the less there is of THAT, the less reason there is for
ALL of us to stay. Once again today I lost a very dear friend (Paul
Robinson) that probably NEVER used a computer in his life and I think about
the people, like him, that I have met thru this damn thing, and I wonder how
full my life would be without you ALL.
Love
Michael
P.S. Rest easy!
on 4/8/01 11:10 PM, hell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I joined this list for two reasons.
>
> 1. To find and share information about Joni Mitchell, my favourite
> singer/songwriter/artist/poet.
> 2. To make the acquaintance of people around the world.
>
> Since I've joined, I've achieved both those goals, and since the split into
> NJC and Joni-Only, I've discovered lots of great new music (eg. Jonatha
> Brooke), books, authors, actors, movies, etc., and I've had some wonderful
> (and intelligent) discussions on some incredibly varied subjects. I've
> loved this list and believe I've made some real friends here. It always
> seemed a place where opinions were valued, not denigrated.
>
> But recently every second post seems to be someone attacking someone else's
> opinion - and Marcel's post on Bjork, whether you liked it or not, was still
> just his opinion, expressed as he felt was his right - then it's someone
> else defending the original post, then someone else defending the opposer,
> etc., etc., etc. I'm sick and tired of wading through my daily mail, for
> the 10-20% of posts that are actually constructive. I've used my delete key
> more than the scroll key lately, which annoys me considerably.
>
> Seems like we've lost track of what we're about, and I don't think we can
> any longer claim to be "the nicest, friendliest discussion list on the
> 'net."
>
> This being the case, I'm unsubbing for a while, until people can accept that
> not every opinion will be the same as theirs, and that yes, sometimes people
> may write something that someone else finds offensive. The answer (and I've
> said it before recently, but maybe it was missed in the deluge of "I don't
> like what you said" posts) is the delete key. For God's sake, if you were
> in a room of 600 people, would you agree with and/or even like every person?
> I don't think so, so why should you expect it here!?
>
> I'll be back but it might be a while. Maybe when I return, people will have
> worked out how to be civil to each other again, and be a little more
> accepting of the fact that we're all very different, and only united by one
> thing. Joni.
>
> Helen
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