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Re: The Friendliest Site On The Internet. (Was Re: A little self examination?)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 22 Oct 2000 16:37:04 GMT
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Paul Baulch writes:
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> > Sorry, but it was NOT all Matthew by any stretch of the imagination. If
> > people had admonished Matthew using a friendlier tone the flame war would
> > never have happened. Go back and look at the thread in .space, it's • plainly
> > obvious that people were distinctly unfriendly, and at times, even more
> > childish than Matthew was. It was very, very disappointing to see.
> > The real surprise was that these people, Matthew included, were much, • much
> > friendlier, more reasonable and conciliatory when responding to me in
> > private emails. When I look back at it, it's obvious why - it's because • I,
> > personally, was polite to _them_!
> > Can you imagine how quickly and quietly Matthew's original comment would
> > have blown over if more people had been like this? The mind boggles!
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> Disagree. I have reviewed more of that unpleasant thread and looking at • the
> direct replies to the first post, none of them are anywhere near the level • of
> unfriendliness that MM ended up at. If anything, most of them were • friendlier
> than MMs first post and the "attached/embedded" site. At least that is my • read.
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> When a wolf sneaks into the sheep herd, how many sheep are supposed to
> docilely turn the other cheek and take injury before the wolf is expelled,
> exactly?
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> Plus, I already tried it your way, a year ago. I know that I myself knew • what
> to expect from the thread, unless MM had changed his ways from the Mad • Hatter
> scansite incident, there was going to be a lot of nastiness from him and a • lot
> of circular reasoning, factual errors, deliberate misstatements, • inappropriate
> amplifications, etc. He hadn't changed, and all that came to pass. That's • why
> I urged ignoring. Responding in a friendly manner wasn't going to do any • good,
> it just fed the fire. That was my experience the last time I had a run in • with
> this character. I was polite to him, he wasn't polite back. I could find • you a
> half dozen other people who had the same experience.
Here we go again:
http://news.lugnet.com/admin/general/?n=8133
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