Something we should all consider more. In my experience every PDML'er I have personally met has been a nice person, however they seem on the list. Thanks for posting this observation, John.
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John Francis wrote:
On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 09:30:36AM -0700, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
You present yourself as a true believer, the keeper of the flame. Your way is the right way, others are idiots.
Shel
How delightfully ironic. Shel criticising somebody else for being (or, at least, appearing to be) overly-prescriptive.
Actually, there's a lot of truth in what Shel said. If you go by the on-line appearances, you'd have thought that Shel and I, for example, would be at daggers drawn. But we're quite capable of sitting down in a group, amongst other photographers, and amiably sharing a beer or two; usenet dicussion groups are by no means a substitute for real life encounters.
It's the nature of the medium, of course - a reply or followup to a posting will single out those areas of disagreement, and amplify them disproportionately. It's rare to see more than a simple "I agree" in response to other parts of a post, and even that small concession rarely shows up. In a face-to-face discussion there would have been non-verbal feedback to make that clear; nodding, a quiet "uh-huh", or just body english.
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