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Re: Are we all too nice?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 27 Oct 2000 02:35:20 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jim Hughes writes:
> Well, I have read all of these latest developments with some concern
> and thought that a few comments were in order. For the most part I am
> a little below the radar for the off-topic/debate crowd but I still read a
> pretty fair percentage of the posts to LugNET and thought a different voice
> might be useful.
[snip]
> I am not sure I buy your Chernobyl Theory (that unless we can contain all
> of the poisonous radioactivity it will eventually lead to a full scale • meltdown
> and require brave Russians to dump sand by helicopter over the Lugnet server)
> I suggest that it is possible to acheive ones goals here without resorting
> to uncivil behavior. There are many other outlets for your stress, I dont
> think that Lugnet necessarily needs to be one. I dont even think that the
> internet needs to be one of them. This theory also suggests that
> it is impossible (inhuman) to show restraint.
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> A flame group will not serve any constructive purpose (how many flame wars
> have you read wherethere was any real resolution of the issue) but will
> engender bad feelings amoung the participants, both in the flame group and
> probably in any other group where these same participants interact, resulting
> in an unintended spill over effect into the rest of the NG's. Because of this
> I feel that over time the level of civility in general would decrease and
> finally, back to where I started, I think that there would be an increase in
> noise and decrease in content.
I agree whole-heartedly. I've long subscribed to the view that praise should be
public, abuse private. People should be encouraged to use e-mail if they have a
problem with a particular person - why does anyone feel that such
correspondence should have a public arena? If you think someone else may be
interested as well, just CC them. No need to clog up public newsgroups with
such stuff, even if it's hidden by default.
Just my $.02
ROSCO
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| Well, I have read all of these latest developments with some concern and thought that a few comments were in order. For the most part I am a little below the radar for the off-topic/debate crowd but I still read a pretty fair percentage of the posts (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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