On Fri, 22 Nov 2002, Keith Whaley wrote: > I should have known. An environmental activist among us. Sighhh.
Why make an issue of this by calling attention to it? This is supposed to be a non-political list, so why sound so condescending and critical? > I should have picked up on the email address before. > A name like 'Doe.' Lives in California. How could I have been so blind... Replace "environmental activist" with "Jew" or "woman", for example, and see how it sounds. Don't start an argument that most people don't want to see continued. > Ah well, that's okay. This net list is hopefully a-political. We are > here to talk cameras and photography in general (and Pentaxes in > specific) and that's about it. Agreed. > Just keep any of your political opinions to yourself, please. Keith, she was responding to Bill's very political comment. If you had a problem with political comments, you would have responded to his. You evidently have a problem with environmental activists, and your bias is showing. > I realize your last sentence below can hardly be 'political,' in and > of itself, but if you plan to expand on that, it will escalate > rapidly, I guarantee you. I'd rather stay calm and dedicated to 'just > cameras and photography' if you please. Then why start the whole environmental debate? Bill began this with a political comment, and Doe replied. Now you're criticizing her and not him, and you're doing it in a way that inspires further argument. See, I'm doing the same... now look what's been started. :) chris
