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Hi everyone,
It has been a week or so since someone has left as a result of being burned by
individuals here on LUGNET. I am not about to point fingers but I just wanna
say we are a community of individuals who are coming together by way of common
interest. To repeat myself, IT IS JUST A TOY!!!
I have watched LUGNET develop over the years. I have been lurking for a lot
longer than most of you know. I remember when LUGNET was just a proposal on
Fibblesnork. And I have watched debates become arguments. I think now it is
time to ask that it stops! This year has been bitter sweet on LUGNET. Todd has
added many new 'toys' to LUGNET and we have seen an explosion in membership.
But the downside is the bitterness and infighting. Look I am not talking about
liberals vs. conservatives I am talking about cruel, personal attacks that are
unjustified. Member X may be wrong but it does not mean Member X is an idiot,
that is not an acceptable response. Explain why you disagree and move on.
In fact here is a tip to you if you feel any catharsis from a message and you
plan to reply... email it to yourself and see if you like getting that kind of
answer, if you can honestly say it is appropriate and you would not be
offended receiving it... wait a few hours and then if you can still say the
same. Then send it. If not...
SHUT-UP!!!
For all you geeks like me:
If Not(offended) Then
Post
Else
Shut-Up
End If
Before I go off on a rant, I am gonna end this post with asking everyone to do
more to cooperate in the future and not get mean and nasty. Those of you who
have been offended, can I ask a special favour from you? Can you please
forgive the offenders so we all can move on? Thanks.
Jude Beaudin
LUGNET Member #549
Let us all start a new slate and move forward.
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| (...) Very well said. I completely agree. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they don't have to reveal them to the whole of the Lugnet community. Mike (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Nicely said. By the way, this type of tension is fairly common for webbased discussion groups like bulletin boards and listservs. I recently was bombarded with about 200 emails from a listserv for professionals that mainly focused on somebody not (...) (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| AMEN. When structured and civilized debate occurs it is a beautiful thing. And its through these debates that we are able to advance the civility and tolerance of other points of view within our community. One of the first things seen on the lugnet (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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