Hi William, Thanks for the kind comments. Nice to know at least someone here sees something of value in my posts...
Best, Edgar On May 13, 2013, at 4:15 PM, William Rintala wrote: > > And yet the attacks on Edgar are unremitting. Just what does a non native > English speaking contributor mean by the phrase "...I am also another nut > like you all.". > > Frankly Joe that phrase ranks very low on my scale of insults. And yes I feel > that I can safely say that no one here could possibly take that as a > condemnation. As to your other statement "It's the general atmosphere I'm > concerned to keep from becoming poisonous, and frivolous." My God man, have > you really been paying attention? 90% of what is said here is frivolity and > as for poisonous we've had several discussions over the past month that are > beyond poisonous and were downright vitriolic. So no, I won't shut up > regardless of what heavy handedness you apply. When I see people here > treating Edgar with the respect that he deserves or I see you calling for > moderator intervention on his behalf then I'll be more inclined to support > you on softening our rhetoric. > > Will I am. > > From: Joe <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, May 13, 2013 2:58:17 PM > Subject: [Zen] Re: "if you meet the buddha kill the buddha" > > > William, > > Nope, not joking. > > No one here is a "nut", nor deserves to be called so. > > That's a direct violation of The Prime Directive, err-r, Terms of Service. > > I feel it's good to keep such proprieties in the foreground, because it makes > for a congenial Forum, which welcomes, and does not repel, newcomers, who > expect better, and deserve it. > > And, hey, it's not for you to make decisions about what "egos" can withstand, > is it, William? So, PLS. leave aside any and all "shoulds". With TNX! > > It's the general atmosphere I'm concerned to keep from becoming poisonous, > and frivolous. I think that benefits all, egos and otherwise. > > So, take it under consideration and advisement, All. And Moderators! > > --Joe > > > William Rintala <brintala@...> wrote: > > > > I'm not following you here Joe. Are you joking? I see Suresh's comments > > as being strongly stated and maybe a bit blunt but no one here should have > > an ego so sensitive as to take any real offense. > > > >
