Oh. Never mind then. :) On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 12:19 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Dan, > > No, I was not talking to anyone in particular. > > > Marsha > > > On Dec 27, 2012, at 12:48 AM, Dan Glover <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Are you talking to me? >> >> I mentioned that I was tired of the abuse I have received here, yes. >> But how would you or anyone for that matter like it if they spent a >> good deal of time answering someone's queries only to be told to go >> stuff yourself? You must have read the responses I got from Ron and >> Mark. Both very high quality posts, right? >> >> Not. >> >> I always thought this was a discussion group, not a place to be lured >> into a trap or to be heaped with insults that have absolutely nothing >> to do with the matter at hand. And yes, I know you have taken your >> share of abuse too. I commend you for hanging in here. It isn't right >> the way some contributors have treated you either. >> >> Mark was out of control. He obviously had nothing better to do with >> his time than to type endless posts to the discussion group and worse, >> his understanding of the MOQ was less than negligible. I for one found >> it embarrassing to belong to the same list. There are actually people >> out there reading his posts and taking them as indicative of the >> quality here. >> >> Is it so much to ask that a person read Lila before contributing to >> the list? Is it so much to ask that we (for the most part) stay on >> task so far as discussing the MOQ? Horse grants us a lot of leeway >> here. We shouldn't take advantage of it. >> >> Perhaps the discussion I am having with David H. isn't up your alley. >> That's fine. Most all your discussions with Mark weren't up my alley >> either so I left you alone. Until he started in with some really >> incredible statements like the words Robert Pirsig wrote aren't >> important. Come on. What kind of asshole statement is that? What was >> he doing here if the books RMP wrote aren't important? >> >> Plus, you must remember, Horse asked us all to take a bigger lead here >> if we wanted the list to maintain the quality it has been known for in >> the past. I know I am not the most intelligent person here -- I >> basically shun academia -- but I've been around a long time and I know >> what he is saying. We've had some very high quality contributions in >> the past. But the actions of those like Mark were pulling down >> everyone. >> >> And just because I am not involved in academia doesn't mean I don't >> respect those who are. I do! I guess I don't feel the pull for it that >> they do. I envy them in a way. I'd like to belong to something bigger >> than me. Perhaps that is part of the reason I've stayed with this >> group for so long. I feel I have learned things here I could never >> learn in a university. But I am probably wrong as I have never >> attended one so how would or could I know that? >> >> Anyway, I never meant to whine or complain. I was just stating things >> the way I see it. It is all there in the archives if you doubt my >> words. And I do enjoy your posts comparing Zen Buddhism to the MOQ. I >> am hesitant to reply to them as I am not as well-versed in Buddhist >> literature as you. >> >> Thank you for reading, >> >> Dan >> >> On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 4:56 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Gents, >>> >>> I can't stand it. I just can't stand it. All the sighing, whining and >>> complaining about Mark and I making intellectual discussion impossible. >>> Where is the high quality intellectual discussion needing to be presented >>> by you "intellectuals"? Where is it? >>> >>> Lucy >> > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html
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