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Subject: Re: Sick of Rants
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 12:31:02 -0400
From: Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*>
To: "Grant Jones" <grant@ow*.fr*.co*.uk*>,
     "Tech Diver"
Just as I thought. You are a talker, not a doer.

  Jim

Sender: Grant Jones  Date: 8/14/99 12:00 PM

>cobb wrote:
>
>
>>No, seriously. This is a free planet, go start your own list. It can be a
>>moderated list and you, Grant, can supress, eject, humiliate, sanction
>>and stifle any posts which do not meet your apparenlty high standards.
>
>    Dont think that i've done any of the above, unlike some people we know,
>hey jim?
>
>
>>I'm sure us divers will flock to a nice, clean, sterile, and unspeakably
>>boaring list which you and travis would lord over. You could start a
>>diving "newspeak" which will, in a fair, politically correct way, gently
>>guide us sheep-like divers in the proper direction.
>
>    You dont seem to be able to grasp the point of my posts, are you saying
>that if you cant call people names or insult them, then this list would be
>boring? - sorry i thought this list was all about diving, and as a way of
>generating and spreading diving information -  my mistake.
>
>
>
>>Oh, please, let me be the first one to join up. Then you have have the
>>orgasmic pleasure of throwing me off after my first post.
>
>    And that sentance seems to sum you up pretty well, if thats how you get
>your thrills, then i suggust you cover your key board with plastic, and try
>to get out a bit more.
>
>        Grant
>
>
>
>>
>>Let us know when you have it set up.
>>
>>   Jim
>>
>>Sender: Grant Jones  Date: 8/14/99 8:47 AM
>>
>>>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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