My thoughts too. I have endured a little more than rudeness and for the 1st time on this list I started to use junk mail filters for certain addresses. Just don't care to hear from folks who are rude. I feel now that I have also attempted enough repairs that my knowledge could be valuable to someone, and I might be able to return it to someone who needs it. I refuse to give up and leave though, to much good advice, great ideas, fun bantering (sp?), and entertainment value also. However, as always "to each his/her own" Sean Garrett 1981 Westy (his) 1995 Eurovan Camper (hers) sean.garrett@asu.edu
> -----Original Message----- > From: David Beierl [mailto:dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET] > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 11:20 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: IS THE LIST GETTING SMALLER? > > > At 01:07 PM 5/28/2002, developtrust wrote: > >What a bogus posting. I say good riddance to anyone who > would try to squelch > >any kind of participation. Tom does a great job in my opinion. > > > >What an immature thing to attempt to blame the list member's > content for a > >reason for leaving. Another attempt at censorship.
> William, what you seem to be missing is that the people who > leave are the > ones with expertise and experience, who have given many hours > of effort to > assist others. It is hardly censorship to remove oneself from an > environment that has become unpleasant, and many people find blatant > rudeness, hair-trigger squabbling, and endless pushing of > politicosexualsociological philosophies quite unpleasant. I > count myself > among them. There is another group who may leave -- that is > new members > who have entered in the midst of a bout of incivility and > have not had a > chance yet to discover the value of the list. > > I beg to differ. People have, I suppose, every right to be > rude, although > it certainly says a lot about them personally -- OTOH other > people have an > equal right to expect an atmosphere of civility and to vote > with their > feet when it is missing. If the people who leave are ?coincidentally? > those who have the greatest experience and expertise, then I > submit that > the list is the poorer for it. > regds, > david > > > -- > David Beierl - Providence, RI > http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ > '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" > '85 GL "Poor Relation" > |
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