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Subject: 
Re: straying off-topic & marmites (was: Re: the best laid plans of mice and men)
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lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms
Date: 
Fri, 15 Sep 2000 08:27:21 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Eric Joslin writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> 
> > We all need to try to be a little more careful and courteous when posting to
> > the .lego.direct group, but let's try not to slam someone so hard publicly
> > when they make a mistake related to it...even if they seem adversarial.
> 
> Eh.  I don't know how clearly this came through in my original post, but I
> really don't think what Scott posted was off-topic enough or sustained enough
> to complain about.
> 
> My main point was merely that his reaction was fairly typical of any time he
> gets called for posting off-topic, or to the wrong group:  he immediately
> starts ridiculing the complaint, or the system itself, rather than just
> acknowledging that he might have made an error in judgement.

I did not mean ridicule anyone or anything. I feel like ridiculing someone
right now, but I am too busy...

Scott A

> 
> I acknowledge that it was a slam of sorts, but I'd prefer to be clear about
> what the slam was about, which in this case had nothing to do with posting
> about marmite outside of loc.aus groups.
> 
> eric



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  Re: straying off-topic & marmites (was: Re: the best laid plans of mice and men)
 
(...) Eh. I don't know how clearly this came through in my original post, but I really don't think what Scott posted was off-topic enough or sustained enough to complain about. My main point was merely that his reaction was fairly typical of any (...) (26 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms)

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