On Thu, 16 Oct 1997 02:19:14 -0400 Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
writes:
>Nory wrote:
>> Personally, I read every post - I don't want to miss anything,
>whether
>> it's a part for sale that I need, or another novel use for a cat. I
>> read and enjoy it all.
>>
>> Nobody should be so self-centered as to assume this list is for only
>> their use and enjoyment, and to hell with what anybody else wants.
>
> Can you not see the hypocrisy in those two sentences?
>
> You are saying that you want the list to be a certain
>way and that everyone who doesn't agree should just
>leave.
>
> Then you say that nobody should be so self-centered
>to think the list is supposed to be their way and
>to hell with everybody else.
>
> How can you type that with a straight face?
>
> We are scaring away good people. It was awful
>a while ago, then it was fine. It's starting to
>get there again. (though not as bad as the triumphs
>list, there was a rather snotty poster who said
>some rather condescending things to the list
>as a whole, prompting a 500+ message firestorm
>and at least 10 confirmed signoffs of long term
>listers).
>
> There are many places to go on the internet for
>light chat about any topic you like. Don't insist
>on shoving it in the face of everyone else on
>this list because you are unable to find them.
>
>--
>Trevor Boicey
>Ottawa, Canada
>tboicey@brit.ca
>http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
>
Trevor, you are are an absolute Burke!
Norys post was - for my money - spot on, we none of us live in a vacuum
where we
can dictate the actions, thoughts and reactions of others nor should we
become
all self-righteous and moody when anyone says anything we dont agree with
or - God forbid - which is outside of the narrow field under immediate
discussion.
I used the following word the other day in connection with the "music at
shows"
thread (which i realise is dangerously damn close to off-topic....mea
culpa.) TOLERANCE.
use of this concept in concert with the delete key gives all of us as
much control
as we need or deserve over what our eyes encounter in this forum.
In the 14 months i have been on this list i have had fun with every
aspect of its content,
learned a great deal, received (and i hope occasionally given) help and
consolation
laughed, cried, felt good, felt bad, met a huge number of great
like-minded people
both in person and by correspondence and generally broadened my MG - and
personal -
experience by several fold. You can certainly assume that this would not
have been the case
had it all been faceless, humourless technical discussion never giving
any hint about the
personalities behind the posts
Bring on the parts lists!
Bring on the cat jokes!
Bring on sensitive Triu**h owners who will run away in disgust at the
vaguest prompting
Bring on legalese about california smog laws - which was as dry as old
farts but obviously
important to some people
Apologies for the rant - theres still an old
"everybodys-got-to-be-somewhere" hippy in here
mike robson
69 roadster
70 BGT
72 roadster
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