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Subject: Re: Sick of Rants
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 22:11:21 -0400
From: Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*>
To: "Grant Jones" <grant@ow*.fr*.co*.uk*>,
     "Travis Pawliuk" ,
     "Tech Diver"
Why don't you two loverboys go and start your own mailing list?

  Jim

Sender: Grant Jones  Date: 8/13/99 2:13 PM

>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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