John, You owe no one an apology. Yes, one purpose of the list is to share & further knowledge about the hobby. Phono-L is also a conduit for socialization among those of us who share common bonds.
Folks, if you get your panties in a wad over some non-phono related chatter, run your own listserve and make the rules. Hang out here, you play by my rules. Thanks, Loran On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 10:21 AM, John Robles <[email protected]> wrote: > Good morning all. > I received an email this morning from a list member stating that it would be > nice if I "did not use Phono-L for my personal email or soapbox", and that > "not everyone wants to hear all this". It was further stated that the purpose > of Phono-L was to share and further our knowledge about our shared hobby. > That is true. > > I simply responded to a public message that was posted by a list member. I > had written him privately asking him to let me know how he was doing. He > answered publicly. Was it off subject? Yes. I did not use the list as a "soap > box"' I merely made a compassionate response to a list member's message. I > assume he received a similar response. I also assume that if the medical > issue had been cancer or some other "mainstream" ailment, I would not have > been accused of being on my "soapbox", which implies a political attitude. > > Be that as it may, I am sorry if my public response to a public message > offended anyone. I will try to keep my compassion for suffering private from > now on. > > John Robles > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
