[Rhodes22-list] A heads up before hitting the send key

[Ronald Lipton]

I quit the list before the election because I
knew that the list would be flooded with posts that I did not particularly
want to read.  I came back hoping that there would be some balance,
but that has not occured.  Things are becoming increasingly more polarized
and mean spirited.

It is a shame. I have been on the list for a long time, although I have not
been
not very active. I tend to post when I can contribute - which, giving my
sailing
expertise is not all that often. I really don't have the time or inclination
to respond
to the constant political diatribes and I didn't join the list to be
insulted.
It's too easy to be disrespectful when you are not in personal contact,
that's
a problem with the net and these sort of lists, and why some ban politics.



Ron


On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:

> MJM,
>
> Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll take the hint - so will Bill.  Someone got
> their feelings hurt because they called Bush 43 a 'Son of a Bitch' for
> 8 years and now we're calling their new Savior out for what he is, and
> now  their feelings are hurt.  Don't worry, I'll put duct tape on the
> send button so as to not hurt their Nazi hearts. Hijacked, is it?
>
> Study history, sheeple.
>
> Brad
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 4:10 PM, michael meltzer <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com>
> wrote:
> > Just so everyone understand what corrosive effect this is having, this is
> > what I got backchannel, the "." are mine to remove the personal
> identifies.
> > Should I add the snide comment "was it worth it" ?
> >
> >
> >
> > -mjm
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The list has been hijacked by four people who push their agenda on
> everyone.
> > Anyone who even mildly attempts to disagree or contradict their opinions
> is
> > summarily stomped on with vicious rhetoric. The list is supposed to be a
> > social place, something akin to a bar. If it were a bar, I would have
> left
> > long ago. I only go where I'm wanted. The Rhodes list is currently a
> toxic
> > environment.
> >
> > Just for your information.....  I've had enough. .........., but I no
> longer
> > enjoy it. Sifting through fifty or sixty emails from the same four people
> > each and every day just to find one or two sailing subject lines takes
> too
> > much of my time.
> >
> > I have moved over to the other list and will stay there. I don't know
> what
> > the solution to the problem is, I just know that I no longer enjoy the
> list.
> > I'm moving on.
> >
> >
> >
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