Amen to that.

Anton Perdices
Specialist, Corporate Services
Information Services
Nortel Networks
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Grant Jones [SMTP:grant@ow*.fr*.co*.uk*]
> Sent:	Friday, August 13, 1999 2:13 PM
> To:	Travis Pawliuk; techdiver
> Subject:	Re: Sick of Rants
> 
> Many people agree with you there Travis, but expect a lot of flames from
> the
> simple folk on this list, they find it very hard to explain anything with
> out the use of childish name calling - they see their "leader" doing it
> and
> they just have to copy him - which is a great pity, as the message could
> be
> spread a lot better, then again *monkey see, monkey do*
> 
>     Cheers
> 
>         Grant
> 
> 
> >I've been reading the recent strings of posts and must say that I am
> disappointed and disgusted.  And I'm sure I'm not the only one.  The posts
> are
> simply profane and not of any use.  I joined this list to get a resource
> on
> technical diving, not on how to be a potty-mouthed 7-year old.  If I had
> wanted
> that, I would be a lot more eager to spend time with my younger cousins.
> How can't you guys see that as soon as one of you started something
> derogitory
> that quickly turned into "I know you are, but what am I"?  Here's a simple
> rule
> of thumb, if you're about to send an email to the list, read it over.  If
> it
> is
> only two or three lines long and contains profanity and no content, change
> the
> address to that of whomever you're talking about and leave the list out of
> it.
> I don't need to know that you think that so-and-so is a so-and-so.  It has
> nothing to do with diving.  You disagree with what somebody says and want
> to
> post to the list, reply with your differing opinion to what they said, not
> a
> personal attack.  Personal attacks obviously have not been effective
> (these
> threads just go on and on) and they just clog up everybody else's email
> account
> with garbage.
> I also have no interest in anybody else on the list's genitals and whom he
> would
> 
> like to have suck them.  If I wanted that I would have subscribed to a
> radically
> 
> different list.
> Just to conclude, there's nothing wrong with disagreement if it leads to
> discussion.  From thoughtful discussion understanding and learning can
> grow.
> But the garden of knowledge doesn't need anymore of the fertilizer that
> been
> slung around here lately.
> 
> Travis Pawliuk
> "Oroborus"
> 
> 
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