Ben, Your comment on discussion and respect are the things that should make places like this site pleasant for all to visit and enjoy.
Its awful easy to get self rightous without any need to. There was a quote of the day the other day on a web page I saw that said when a person gets so wrapped up that they cannot laugh at themself, its time for others to laugh at them. Ed On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 09:01:30AM -0600, CT wrote: > > Different boats, different capabilities.б═ I like my Porta-BoteБ─╕but > recognize > > its limitations where, in some situations, an inflatable would be better > > suited. б═On the other hand, it is easy to stow. > > > > Small or large, every boat is a compromise. > > I'm in complete agreement with that; there's no single dinghy that will > serve everyone's needs. They all have their pros and their cons. As I > see it, injecting a 'MY BOAT IS BETTER THAN YOURS!' note into a > discussion does nothing positive; in fact, it makes for a chilling > effect on frank discussion and polarizes it into "no, *your* boat sucks" > camps. > > I'd much rather we all agreed that we have the dinghies (and boats, and > toothbrushes, and lives) that are the best product of our resources, our > desires, and our decisions - and that addressing those decisions with > some respect would be a lot more productive than, say, talking about the > lack of stability in Porta-Botes or leaks in inflatables. > > > -- > * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET * > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > -- Ed Kelly sailing vessel ANGEL LOUISE - Catalac 12m Skype Cell telephone: 202-657-6357 [email protected]
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