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From: "Grant Jones" <grant@ow*.fr*.co*.uk*>
To: "Tech Diver" <techdiver@aquanaut.com>, "Jim Cobb" <cobber@ci*.co*>
Subject: Re: Sick of Rants
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 13:47:52 +0100
cobb wrote:


>Why don't you two loverboys go and start your own mailing list?

    Kind of proves my point -" monkey see, monkey do" - thanks for the
insight into your mentality jim

    Grant


>
>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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