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[Joe Linux]

I feel you have always been more than kind with your help.  I wouldn't 
be surprised if you considered me one of the people with a lame argument 
as I notice I always have words out of place and don't find the mistakes 
until after it is posted.  But as for the CLUE group, it is very good, 
and very professional.  This group is far superior to the Hawaii group 
which is constantly having unbelievable personal arguments over 
absolutely stupid issues such as "don't say anything negative about M$ 
because we are "professional."  I think Jeffrey Cann has always set a 
very nice tone for the group, and all of the people who have organized 
the meetings and taken care of other chores have really done a great 
job.  With all that said, I think it is very important to avoid personal 
attacks on one another for perceived stupidness.

Matt Gushee wrote:

>On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 02:52:40PM -0400, Randy Arabie wrote:
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>>5.  I don't think the anyone over-reacted.  While the first request was 
>>met with a rather blunt response, I wouldn't consider it rude.  And, 
>>IMO the responses to the second request were "earned".
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>Randy, you are a gentleman and a scholar. But I think some of us did
>overreact. I was unnecessarily sarcastic, which is not like me (except
>in political debates, which are a whole different ball game). Maybe I
>was having a bad day. But since that's all I ever seem to have anymore,
>maybe I should just get used to it.
>
>I also thought Jef B's thing about wondering whether he wants to be
>associated with us was a bit over the top. I mean, look, most of us know
>each other to a greater or lesser extent, and we should all know better
>than to judge anyone by one or two e-mails. David Willson may have
>written an all-caps subject line, but I know he's a nice guy. One or two
>people (no names today ;-) may have put forth some really lame arguments
>in the Great Iraq Debates, but it doesn't mean they're idiots. I got a
>bit sharp with our unsubscriber, but if you were to look at all my
>mailing list posts over the last few years, you would see that I have
>consistently advocated the be-nice-to-newbies approach, and usually
>practiced what I preached.
>
>The point is, this is an e-mail discussion group, and sometimes people
>say things they shouldn't. It happens. But not much here. In my two
>years on the CLUE lists, I have never seen an honest-to-goodness flame
>war, and with very few exceptions the discussions are mature,
>good-natured, and informative. So, I apologize for my unnecessary
>bluntness. Now let's all just calm down, shall we?
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