> I happened to look today and > saw the > war going on with Andy Easton. It is appalling. > > I have been growing orchids since age 12 and am now 50. I consider > myself to > be a major league hobbiest with about 4000 Cattleya alliance plants > in a 1680 > square foot greenhouse. In spite of this, I hate to tell you folks > but they > are just a bunch of flowers. If people can't get along when > discussing > flowers, there is no hope for World peace. We ought to just go > ahead and nuke > em and get it over with. > The war going on lately is just the latest-they've happened before for various reasons (non-orchid group politics sneaking in, personal hurt feelings, and even occasionally vigorous disagreements over cultural methods), and I'm sure they will happen again. I've been in this group and it's predesessor for more than 10 years, and I've decided that the wars seem to be inevitable (no matter how regrettable they are) and have taken to mostly ignoring them (with occasional amusement).
While people could stop them by various methods, it seems that that is an overly idealistic idea-good in theory, impossible in practice. I used, until a few days ago, to think it was only orchid groups that attracted such passionate people, but then my husband showed me a web movie that proved me wrong! The film indicates the differences between the real world and the internet, and the section on politics had me laughing so hard I almost fell off the couch! The link is http://www.bsd-unix.net/seitz/funny/RvB_NYC2.mov , but I should warn you that it isn't a family-friendly movie. The movie has several sections, and all of them are amazingly perceptive. Anyone who's spent any time on the internet will appreciate it AND should learn from it-I sure did! Since I have only one not-very-fragrant orchid blooming right now, my vegetable garden is much more interesting these days than my orchids are. E-mail me off-list if you want to hear about the success I've had growing potatoes this year.... Monica Jones Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!
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