OK but they are still just a bunch of flowers! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Monica L Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 1:39 PM Subject: [OGD] Re: Venom on this board
> > 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! _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
