On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 04:01:08PM -0600, Lee Huddleston wrote:
> We are friends here. And we are human. We should not expect our friends to
> be perfect (might not be our friends if they were). Certainly we are not
> perfect. In fact, on this list we value characters. It keeps the list from
> getting boring.
[...]
> Besides, I want to be able to ask stupid questions and post stupid answers.
> Sometimes on this list a stupid question gets a truly brilliant answer.
Lee, I hope you realize that you have just - in a manner of speaking -
have given a brilliant answer to (and I most emphatically do not mean
Walter's original query) a stupid question. Very well done, sir.
And just to emphasize: I agree completely. If I couldn't ask a stupid
question here once in a while, I wouldn't want to be here. None of us
are perfect; we forget things, we get brain-lock on the simplest
topics... there are times when we just need a tiny bit of help to get
over the hump. I'd hate to see anything exercising a chilling effect on
that.
> I am not suggesting that we encourage political discussions on the list. I
> am suggesting that when someone does write an e-mail that you think crosses
> the line, either ignore it and move on (when you stir cow patties they begin
> to smell) or write to the person off-list asking (not ordering) them to
> stop. And, if you are asked to stop a line of discussion, please seriously
> consider complying even if you don't see how it was offensive. We are all
> sensitive about certain topics. Try to avoid stepping on people's toes and
> then criticizing them for having too big of feet.
Thank you for putting that into words. Very, very well said.
Ben
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