As soon as I saw the denseness of copy, "blah blah blah" registered in my head.
"Community" is such an overused word. Save your socialist thinking for your household. Like the rest of the good participants here, I am here to share insights about REBOL with a GROUP of INDIVIDUALS, not a Community of SHEEP. I am here to LEARN from OTHERS. There's no such thing as status on mailing lists. Unplug your TV and stop worshipping persons of the celebrity. If you want to be in a community, go join a commune. Pier ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag ---- On Tue, 9 May 2006, Gregg Irwin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hi Pierre, > > Nobody here needs me to defend them, so let me just give my point of > view as a list-subscriber here. > > 1) It's fine if you don't like the term, or idea, of gurus, but there > *are* people in the REBOL community who have deep REBOL knowledge, > and are generous with it. They've been around, and have earned our > respect. We value their opinions *very* highly. Ladislav, Volker, > and Gabriele are three of these people. > > If you disagree with anyone here, that's no problem. The value in > this list comes from open discussion, new views, and sharing > knowledge. You seem like a real thinker--one who understands things > at much deeper level than most--which is great, but your posts (my > opinion only here) are coming across more like "I'm right and > you're wrong", rather than being in the spirit of finding common > ground and better explanations for things. Since I don't know much > about you, but I do know the local gurus, I'll naturally give more > weight to their opinions. > > 2) This is a global community. Fortunately, for people like me, > English is the language we generally use to discuss REBOL. It's not > the first language of everyone here, and I *really* appreciate the > effort it takes for people to work in this common ground. Your > "look that one up..." comment was totally uncalled for. I mention > it because another, very special, thing about the REBOL community > is its friendliness. We have very few flame wars; people get along > amazingly well, even though many of us have vastly different > opinions about things. > > I hope you take this in the spirit it was written, constructively. I > didn't post it publicly to make you defend your position, or yourself, > but rather as a general reminder for all of us. > > Thanks for listening, > > -- Gregg > > P.S. Hey folks, don't forget you can tag your messages, with blocks > leading the subject, and REBOL.org will index them. -G > > -- > To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to > lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject. > > > -- To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject.
