If that's how you want to play it, then fine - but where will the list be in another decade? At this rate it will end up being the same 5 people rehashing the same politics and driving the same 35 year old cars.
Any of us are expected to make outlandish posts now and then. When that happens it's up to the collective wisdom of the list to react in a responsible manner. That usually means resisting the temptation of sending out a reply to put someone in their place. Less is more. The most effective reply is to not reply. I've said before that the attitudes from Banned bleed over into this list too often. That does not necessarily mean you swear. It's also how you treat people. In this case they were treated badly. Sure you can blame him for starting it - but then you are part of the problem. To be honest, when I saw that $2/hour post from Tom I wanted to bitch-slap him for being oblivious to the plight of the majority of Americans and it suited me just fine that he jumped ship. He's an idiot and deserved what he got. But if we knew all there is to know about each other you'd think I'm an idiot and I'd probably think you are too. Best to keep the conversation here to our known common interest in my opinion. I have no problem picking your brain about what's wrong with my car without knowing that you are elitist, racist, communist, or a 3rd generation member of NAMBLA. In fact I'd prefer NOT knowing. -Dave Walton On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Gary Hurst <[email protected]> wrote: > that wasn't quite how it went though. hargrave jumped in by defending the > decision to eliminate the dealers and then told us about his hard times of > his UAW wife losing 2 dollars an hour. > > when you play that kind of hockey, you have to know that you are going to be > mixing it up in a rougher way shortly. > > a guy provokes a fight. he gets his fight. then he runs off in a huff over > it. it's not quite and honorable or legitimate position > > On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 10:42 PM, dave walton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> With email it's hard to tell when you really hit a nerve until it's >> too late. There is enough disagreement when sticking on the topic of >> Mercedes maintenance to get people pissed. Throw in politics, >> religion, sex, sports and whatever and you will see people dropping >> like flies. Then what is the list about? >> >> When I go to a car show I know to keep conversation about the cars. I >> don't go up to a guy showing his 1940 Ford pickup truck and start up a >> conversation about gay rights or child abuse within the Catholic >> Church. That's common sense and good judgment. We need more of both >> here in my opinion. >> >> Kaleb should not have to play cop and would probably piss off more >> people if he did. This list has a personality and a destiny defined by >> the actions of it's members. It's up to each of us to behave >> responsibly. >> >> -Dave Walton >> >> >> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > true. We try to keep things civil around here, and I never saw anything >> get >> > out of hand in the situation. Only people disagreeing with anothers view >> on >> > it. Nothing wrong with that. >> > >> > Allan Streib wrote: >> >> >> >> I agree, it's a pitty to lose Tom's technical knowledge on this list. >> >> However if you're going to participate in an OT thread, then get all >> >> huffy and quit when the discussion doesn't go the way you want, then I'd >> >> quite frankly advise that you should stay out of the OT stuff to begin >> >> with. >> >> >> >> Allan >> >> >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > Kaleb C. 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