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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. <br>
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<pre wrap="">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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