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From: "Grant Jones" <grant@ow*.fr*.co*.uk*>
To: "Jim Cobb" <cobber@ci*.co*>, "Tech Diver" <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Subject: Re: Sick of Rants
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 00:52:04 +0100
cobb wrote:


>Just as I thought. You are a talker, not a doer.

    *yawn*.......which part of my message don't you understand jim, and i'll
explain it a bit clearer for you

    Grant


>
>  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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