[Rhodes22-list] Open letter to the guys at the bar, 'da list, et al..Fini

[elle]

What I'm hearing from the many comms I've had w/a LOT of list folks is that the discussions are great, keep 'em coming, and that it only takes one to start a problem.

If no one starts the problem, the discussions can benefit all. If someone starts the namecalling...he (or she) is gonna get blasted. So don't start.

It's one thing to tease & josh, another to bully...and believe it or not, we all can tell the difference. So edit.

that was easy.

How would Randy Pausch have handled it?

elle

We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)


--- On Fri, 7/25/08, andrew collins <engineerpac at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: andrew collins <engineerpac at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Open letter to the guys at the bar
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: Friday, July 25, 2008, 12:48 PM
> Elle
> 
> Hear, hear! I do think that sailing should be the focus,
> and that the
> bullying is unnecessary. The folks on 'da list' are
> intelligent and have
> varying opinions: excellent!- but: exchanges without
> grinding profanity and
> a little respect would be welcome.
> Andrew C
> s/v Carmen
> Grass Island CT
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 8:05 PM, elle
> <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > I can't necessarily disagree w/some of the
> comments re: the tone of the
> > list.
> >
> > The tone of some political posts can be downright
> bullying.....and the
> > name-calling....and that is discomforting, even if the
> topic and the
> > discussion may be worthy of a read.....it's a huge
> turnoff for me
> > personally, and obviously for newbies. Bullies are
> turnoffs.
> >
> > Please reread your posts tone it down before hitting
> send.  Your points are
> > better made with fluency and reasoning, not force.
> >
> > You guys are a unique bunch with a huge spectrum of
> occupations &
> > educational backgrounds, giving unique perspectives to
> the politics swirling
> > around us.
> >
> > The discussions do bring out points that I find
> interesting ...and often
> > you guys find stuff that is not in the news....but  no
> one is going to
> > change anyone else's minds about the candidates.
> But these are not
> > discussions any more...they  are diatribes &
> anyone who does not agree is a
> > &%$#(*&^)#.
> >
> > So let's stop the bullying, namecalling, and label
> the posts as political
> > to be deleted at will.. ...and maybe we can get some
> fresh insights and new
> > buds to hoist one with.
> >
> >
> > elle
> >
> > We can't change the angle of the wind....but we
> can adjust our sails.
> >
> >  1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06 
> "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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