I understand that. My point (with the "as much") was only to add and encourage civility. I will continue a positive tone, even toward those with whom I disagree, and especially toward those who make comments about who should speak and who shouldn't. There's room for civil OT discussions, but they should be taken off-list after (a) negative discourse or (b) more than a few responses. People interact about the matters they find important. It's the civility I'm more concerned about, but nobody likes to see things begun with negative or disparaging comments about their faith. Consequently they don't leave things alone very easily. It can hurt some pretty deeply. Responses should be anticipated. Civility is what should be anticipated. Collin --- Original Message From: Robert Harris Subject: Re: OT: Darwin fish? (was : March Gallery Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 05:16:56 -0800 >Collin stated > #3. I don't think anyone would mind this OT conversation *as much* if the tone > were civil. Not so. As a few people have indicated, while some OT threads can be interesting, they do not want to wade through political or religious debates here. That is want some of us fine offensive. Bob *************** "The accumulation of all powers legislative, executive and judiciary in the same hands . . . may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny." --James Madison, Federalist 47 - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
