[Rhodes22-list] Re: List etiquette. Inflammatory rhetoric

[Wally Buck]

Rummy,

I realize Saroj is a long time list member. I have communicated with her off 
list as I have family living in Hampton. I like Saroj and often I agree with 
her. BUT - I think Saroj was doing as much giving (actually more) as taking. 
She unloaded on Herb first and he fired back.

I have heard much worse on this list. Do you really think it is cool to tell 
someone to f-off in a bar?  Sorry Rummy I disagree. I ran a restaurant/bar 
for 8 years. This type of language may be cool with a buddy but in a heated 
exchange with someone you hardly know or just met? I don't think so. I have 
had to break up to many bar fights over silly words.

Herb defended himself from some pretty harsh words. I agree he could of used 
a better word than "bitch". Saroj tried to pigeon hole him into her view of 
all from the right. It turns out Saroj made several mistakes about Herb in 
her posts. She pre-judged him because of his politics. Sometimes people's 
minds aren't really open. Closed minds limit learning; vison and hearing are 
shut down.

Those of you that have been on this list realize my politics lean more 
towards Saroj than Herbs but I call them like I see them.

I put up with Steve for a long time! :-) This seems pretty tame.

Wally

>From: R22RumRunner at aol.com
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>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Re: List etiquette. Inflammatory rhetoric
>Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 12:09:09 EDT
>
>Herb.
>I'm not going to debate this with you. Calling Saroj a "bitch" is
>unacceptable. Having an intelligent discussion is acceptable. We all agree 
>that  we
>don't all agree, but can discuss it without inflammatory rhetoric. Telling
>someone to "fuck off" is acceptable bar language. Name calling is not. It 
>will  get
>you into a fight in any bar I've ever been in and that's why I stay out of
>bars. The more I drink the worse my vocabulary becomes and I end up doing 
>things
>  I might later consider stupid.
>
>Rummy
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